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HAYNES B. OWNBY DRILLING CO. v. McCLURE

No. 10170.

264 S.W.2d 204 (1954)

HAYNES B. OWNBY DRILLING CO. v. McCLURE.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Springer, Smart & Walter, Abilene, for appellant.

E. C. Grindstaff, Ballinger, Smith & Foy, San Angelo, for appellee.

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a suit for damages brought by appellee, Boyd McClure, for the benefit of the separate estate of his wife, Stella McClure. The defendants were appellant, Haynes B. Ownby Drilling Company, and Guy Mabee Drilling Company. The damages sought were the depreciated market value of 642 acres of land alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendants in permitting salt water to escape from premises upon which they were conducting drilling operations...

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