Smith v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.

Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs and defendants in error defendants in the trial court, and here inafter they will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendants, respectively.

This controversy is over use of waters of Wolf Creek, which flows through lands owned by defendants T. N. Delbridge and Walter Delbridge onto and through lands owned by plaintiff Georgia Smith of which Jess L. Wickett, her coplaintiff, is tenant.

Defendant Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, under a lease contract with defendants Delbridge, erected a dam on the creek on their premises and pumped water therefrom to be used in…