HUNT OIL COMPANY v. MURCHISON

No. 3658.

352 S.W.2d 365 (1961)

HUNT OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Alex MURCHISON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shank, Dedman & Irwin, Dallas, for appellant.

Goff & Koonce, Angleton, for appellee.


COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a venue case. Alex Murchison brought suit in Brazoria County against Hunt Oil Company, a corporation. Plaintiff alleged that defendant operated an oil and gas lease adjoining land owned by plaintiff in Brazoria County; that defendant extracted quantities of salt water from an oil well on its lease and negligently failed to construct and maintain a slush pit adequate to contain such salt water...

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