Continental Oil Co. v. Berry

Mrs. A. G. Berry, as plaintiff, instituted this suit against the Continental Oil Company, defendant, to recover damages for a depreciation in the market value of four lots in the town of Henrietta, on which she had her home, by reason of seepage of gasoline in a well of water situated on that property and used by her for domestic purposes. It was alleged that the seepage was negligently permitted from underground tanks of a filling station owned by defendant; that the same polluted the water to such an extent as to render it unfit for use, and thereby the well was permanently injured, and, as…