Schlottman v. Pressey Pressey v. Schlottman

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs bought approximately 2,000 feet of 6% inch O D 17 pound used oil well casing from the defendants at $2.00 per foot. They brought this action to recover damages resulting from the collapse of the casing in an oil well which was drilled by them in South Dakota. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found the damages claimed were the direct and proximate result of the failure of defendants to deliver oil well casing of the weight purchased but applied a rule of damages which permitted the recovery of only nominal compensation. Both parties have appealed.

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