Phillips v. State

BLAIR, Justice.

The State of Texas sued B. F. Phillips and C. Huff to recover certain statutory penalties for alleged violation of the conservation laws of Texas, said violation arising in connection with the possession and use of an open earthen storage pit for oil by Phillips and Huff. The State alleged that Phillips and Huff stored oil in said earthen pit in violation of the conservation laws of Texas and sought to recover penalties of $1,000 per day for each and every day defendants stored oil in such earthen pit, and to foreclose a lien of the State upon all property owned by them; and…