MORAN CORPORATION v. MURRAY

No. 7585.

381 S.W.2d 324 (1964)

The MORAN CORPORATION, Appellant, v. James E. MURRAY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darden, Fowler & Creighton, Conroe, for appellant.

Pitts & Benardino, Conroe, for appellee.


CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for damage to landowner occasioned by salt-water from a break in the wall of a salt-water pit on an adjacent oil lease. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded for new trial.

The record discloses without question that salt-water and associated fluid flowed from a break in the embankment of a salt-water pit on the defendant oil company's lease to and upon the plaintiff's land. Damages were...

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