GULF REFINING CO. v. DAVIS

No. 39675.

224 Miss. 464 (1955)

80 So.2d 467

GULF REFINING CO. v. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Richmond, Harvey L. Strahan, James A. Boone, Jackson; Welch & Gibbes, E.W. Graves, Laurel, for appellant.

McFarland & McFarland, Bay Springs, for appellee.


LEE, J.

This is a suit by Malcolm Davis against Gulf Refining Company, a corporation, to recover for damages to his land and timber on account of the seepage and overflow from a salt-water pit, and the construction of a larger pit, on land of which he is the surface owner. There was a verdict and judgment for $1,500, and the Company appealed.

The declaration alleged that the plaintiff is the owner of 40 acres of land, as therein described, on which the defendant...

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