Peppers Refining Company v. Spivey

CORN, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for permanent injury to real property, alleged to have resulted by reason of defendant having permitted salt water to escape onto plaintiff’s property.

Plaintiff alleged she was the owner of real property (Lots 4-8, Blk. 43, Maywood Addition) on Northeast Sth street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; she maintained thereon three houses, a garage apartment and three lower apartments as rental properties; defendant owned and operated an oil well located upon a portion of her property, and maintained a salt water disposal line crossing the…