Rock Island Oil & Refining Co., Inc. v. Hutchinson

This is an action at law to recover damages for loss of livestock alleged to have resulted by drinking polluted water out of Cow Creek. Plaintiffs, the owners of the stock, contend that the injury and resulting damages arose out of defendants’ operation of oil refineries located several miles south of Duncan, Oklahoma. For convenience we will refer to L. S. Hutchinson and Temple L. Hutchinson as plaintiffs, and the defendants, Rock Island Oil & Refining Company, Inc., a corporation, and Sunray Oil Corporation, a corporation, as defendants.

Plaintiffs occupied a tract of land in Jefferson…