GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION CO. v. KLODGINSKI

No. 6737.

61 F.2d 849 (1932)

GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION CO. v. KLODGINSKI et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 23, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Newton Rayzor, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

C. M. Hightower and Fred R. Switzer, both of Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and SIBLEY, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in a consolidated action for personal injuries and for death by wrongful act.

Appellant, while making explorations for oil by seismograph on a 343-acre tract of land owned by Simon Burnet, exploded without warning a charge of dynamite which injured appellee, a tenant of Burnet, and killed three of appellee's minor children. The action was based on appellant's negligence in exploding the dynamite...

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