Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co. v. Truesdell

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

Arthur Truesdell instituted this suit on April 13, 1944, against the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company to recover damages in the sum of $1025 for permanent injuries to his land, for the death of 100 goats, for the loss of 100 kids alleged to have been prematurely born, and for taking up and removing certain pipe lines. All damages sought, except for the removal of pipe lines, was alleged to have resulted from the escape of oil, salt water and slush from appellant’s operations in producing oil and gas from the land on which it held a mineral lease in usual form.

The oil…