Union Producing Co. v. Pittman

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Walthall County, Mississippi, from a judgment in favor of ap-pellee. The suit grew out of alleged damages to the land and timber of appellee, caused by drilling an oil well upon his lands by appellants.

The facts disclosed by the testimony in this case are as follows: The widow and children of P. M. Lee, deceased, deeded the land involved in this case to appellee, Joe N. Pittman. They reserved the oil and minerals in or under the land and the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of exploiting and removing- them from the property. Later, the…