Sussex Land & Live Stock Co. v. Midwest Refining Co.
District Court, D. Wyoming
In equity. Action by the Sussex Rand & l ive Stock Company against the Midwest Refining Company for damages and for an injunction. Decree for plaintiff, with provision for an injunction, if payment not made.
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, District Judge.
This action is brought by the plaintiff against the defendant upon the theory that the defendant has committed and is committing a continuing trespass, which amounts to a nuisance, in permitting oil from wells in the Salt Creek oil field operated by defendant to find its way into Salt creek and, upon occasion of floods in that creek, to overflow with the water upon plaintiff’s pasture lands, damaging these lands for use by plaintiff in its live stock operations.
In its complaint a permanent injunction is sought against the defendant by which the defendant would be…
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