LOVE PETROLEUM COMPANY v. JONES

No. 44671.

205 So.2d 274 (1967)

LOVE PETROLEUM COMPANY, Inc. v. Mrs. R.L. JONES and Daughter and Son-In-Law, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Waller.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry T. Johnston, Jr., Brandon, for appellant.

Walker & Sullivan, Laurel, for appellees.


RODGERS, Justice:

Mrs. R.L. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Waller, appellees, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, against Love Petroleum Company for damages to their real estate caused by escaping oil and salt water from appellant's oil well. Appellees obtained a jury verdict and judgment against the appellant for the sum of $2,500.

Appellant contends on appeal to this Court that the evidence is insufficient to warrant a verdict in...

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