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WILLIAMS v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

Nos. 59,277, 59,278

241 Kan. 102 (1987)

734 P.2d 1113

EARL B. WILLIAMS and LORETTA WILLIAMS, his wife, and DON WILLIAMS, Appellees, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Gough, of Kahrs, Nelson, Fanning, Hite & Kellogg, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Bradley W. Denison, of the same firm, and Charles T. Krol, Stephen F. Gates, and Mary S. Haskins, of Amoco Production Company, of Denver, Colorado, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

John T. Conlee, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Rex G. Beasley, of the same firm, and Lee E. Nordling, of Kramer, Nordling, Nordling & Tate, of Hugoton, were with him on the brief for appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

This is an action for damages to real property resulting from the presence of natural gas in plaintiffs' irrigation water. The plaintiff landowners (hereafter plaintiffs or appellees) claim the natural gas escaped from two of the defendant's Hugoton gas wells. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $656,006.40, and the defendant, Amoco Production Company, appeals.

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