CRAWFORD v. YEATTS

No. 3950.

395 S.W.2d 413 (1965)

William CRAWFORD et al., Appellants, v. Mrs. Madge E. YEATTS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilgore & Kilgore, James A. Kilgore, Dallas, for appellant.

McMahon, Smart, Sprain, Wilson & Camp, Hugh F. Rives, Jr., Abilene, for appellee.


WALTER, Justice.

Mrs. Madge E. Yeatts recovered a judgment against William Crawford and associates for $17,064.00 for permanent damage to her farm allegedly caused by the negligent disposal of salt water. The parties will be designated as they were in the trial court. The defendants have appealed.

The jury found that salt water from defendants' pit penetrated the sub-surface strata and polluted plaintiff's property which was negligence and a proximate cause...

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