Francis v. Sun Oil Company

MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages as a result of seismographic exploration activities conducted by defendant on their land resulting in the destruction of a spring of water.

The complaint charges that plaintiffs own certain land situated in Richland County which was described by legal subdivisions and that there was situated thereon a spring from which flowed a supply of water ample for all ranching operations conducted on the land prior to July 1, 1954; and that about that date defendant entered upon the land, drilled holes thereon, placed explosive…