Mauk v. Texas Pipe Line Co.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

A. P. Mauk is the owner of a tract of 100 acres of land in Dallas county. Across the'west side of that tract the Texas Pipe Line Company owns and maintains two oil pipe lines, running parallel and about 2 to 4 feet apart, and the west pipe line is about 10 to 12 feet from the west boundary of the tract, which is also the east boundary of a public highway. The highway is crossed by two ravines, both of which enter the 100-acre tract on the west boundary line and converge into one ravine near the south boundary of the tract. Both ravines are crossed by the two pipe lines.…