CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. HINTON

No. 43552.

253 Miss. 233 (1965)

175 So.2d 512

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY v. HINTON

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Mullins, III, Welch, Gibbes & Graves, Laurel; Newt P. Harrison, Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Jackson, for appellant.

Louie F. Ruffin, Richton; Thomas J. Riley, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


INZER, J.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry County, wherein appellee, Dewey Hinton, brought suit against appellant, Continental Oil Company, for the alleged pollution and destruction of his water well caused by the negligence of appellant. Appellee recovered a judgment of $2,000, and from this judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellee charged in his declaration that in the month of February 1963...

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