Schlichtkrull Et Ux. v. M.-P. Oil Co. (No. 2)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Many of the facts involved in the present case are set forth in the one preceding, in which the judgment for permanent injury to land owned by three tenants in common was affirmed. There, damages were sought because of negligence in drilling an oil well without the insertion of proper casing, resulting in the pollution with salt of the well in the Schlichtkrull house. This second action was brought by its occupants, on the theory that the use of the water by them produced kidney stones in the wife, necessitating an operation. The general salty condition of the…