Satanta Oil Co. v. Henderson

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

This is a case in which a jury found that an oil lease operator’s unreasonable use of the surface was the producing cause of the death of a cow and as a consequence, awarded damages and attorney’s fees. In this appeal from a judgment on the verdict, the oil operator asserts in a single point that the trial court erred in denying its motion for directed verdict and in overruling its objections to the court’s charge on the grounds that there was no evidence to support submission of an issue that it made an unreasonable use of the surface. We reverse and render.

THE FACTS

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