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BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE CO. v. ELMORE LIVESTOCK CO.

No. 5829.

669 P.2d 505 (1983)

BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE COMPANY, a Wyoming corporation, Appellant (Defendant), v. ELMORE LIVESTOCK COMPANY, a Wyoming corporation, and Mike Elmore and Rita Elmore, d/b/a Elmore Livestock Company, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Day and Patricia M. Baird of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., and Robert Stanley Lowe, Casper, for appellant.

Kim D. Cannon and Rebecca W. Thomson of Burgess & Davis, Sheridan, for appellees.

Before ROONEY, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROSE and BROWN, JJ.

RAPER, Justice, Retired.

In this case, the Elmores (appellees) filed suit against Belle Fourche Pipeline Company (appellant) for the damage done to their land and the groundwater beneath it when appellant's high pressure crude oil pipeline ruptured and spilled oil on appellees' land. After a jury trial, appellees were awarded $40,000 for the damage done to their land. Additionally, appellant was required to pay $57,250 into...

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