Menzies v. Geophysical Service, Inc.

In a third amended complaint plaintiffs and appellants Thomas P. Menzies and wife allege that they own a certain parcel of property in Kern County improved with a water well and pump which then produced approximately 2,250 gallons of water a minute; that in March, 1949, defendants and respondents wilfully, wantonly and without authority, and with intent to damage plaintiffs and their property, entered upon it and drilled holes in various places and placed explosive substances therein and caused them to detonate and explode; that violent concussions and vibrations of the earth and air shook…