Placid Oil Company v. Byrd

217 So.2d 17 (1968)

PLACID OIL COMPANY

v.

Lawrence BYRD.

No. 45069.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 25, 1968.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1969.

Boyd, Holifield & Harper, Laurel, for appellant.

Walker & Sullivan, Laurel, for appellee.

JONES, Justice:

Appellee sued appellant in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, seeking damages for injuries to the surface of lands owned by appellee, and on which appellant operated an oil well. A judgment for $1,360 was recovered and this appeal follows.

The declaration charged appellee was owner of the surface of the lands where…