HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY v. ANDERSON

No. 3766.

339 S.W.2d 259 (1960)

HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY, Appellant, v. W. C. ANDERSON et ux., and Ira H. Westerfield et us., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richey, Sheehy & Teeling, Waco, K. C. Minter, Houston, for appellant.

Dunnam & Dunnam, Waco, for appellees.


TIREY, Justice.

This is a suit for injuries to land alleged to have resulted from the pollution of a water well by crude oil. Appellees specifically alleged that the oil came from a leak in defendant's pipe line, and that the oil penetrated the soil and the water bearing formation of appellees' land. Originally two separate suits were filed, and they were consolidated by order of the court prior to trial because there was only one water well involved, it being a boundary...

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