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MURFEE v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY

No. 6214.

492 S.W.2d 667 (1973)

J. Louis MURFEE et al., Appellants, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evans, Pharr, Trout & Jones, Charles B. Jones, John A. Flygare, Lubbock, for appellants.

Griffis, Williams, Goodwin & Harrison, W. A. Griffis, Jr., San Angelo, Rassman, Gunter & Boldrick, Emil C. Rassman, Midland, E. M. Cage, Rufus N. McKnight, Jr., Dallas, Lloyd G. Minter, Kenneth Heady, c/o Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okl., Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Ben H. Rice, III, Houston, Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, W. B. Browder, Jr., Harrell Feldt, Lynch, Chappell, Allday & Culp, Vann Culp, Joe V. Peacock, Legal Department, Phillips Petroleum Co., Midland, for appellees.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a water pollution case filed by the appellants as owners of the surface estate of a seven section ranch against the four appellees who were the oil and gas lessees and producers thereon. The action was for depreciated market value of the land, due to negligence and proximate cause for the salt water pollution of the underground water supply caused by the lessees' disposal of produced...

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