Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Page

MURRAY, Justice.

Appellee Sallie H. Page, a widow, and her four children, J. H. Page, R. C. Page, Mary Riley and Maude Nichols, joined also by F. M. Riley and C. R. Nichols, husbands of Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Nichols, instituted this suit, on November 3, 1937, in the 28th District Court of Nueces County, against appellant, Magnolia Petroleum Company, a corporation, seeking to recover damages for failure of appellant to use due diligence in drilling offset wells to those on adjacent lands in order to prevent drainage and for failure to use due diligence in developing the premises of appellees for…