Ranchero Esperanza, Ltd./Marathon Oil Company v. Marathon Oil Company/Ranchero Esperanza, Ltd.

OPINION

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

'This case involves'-.the well-established rule in, Texas that a cause of action for injury to land, is a personal right belonging to the person who owns the property at the time of injury, and that a mere sub sequent purchaser does not have-standing to recover -for injuries committed before his purchase. Here, Marathon Oil Company plugged and abandoned Well 812 in 1989 and ceased all activity as an operator on the property in 1999. Ranchero Esperanza, Ltd; purchased the property in 2004. In July 2008, Well 812 began leaking salt water onto the surface of the…