Robicheaux v. Sun Oil Co.

In 1924 and 1925, and many years prior thereto, appellant J. E. Broussard was the owner of 1,500 acres of land fronting on Hillebrandt bayou in Jefferson county, Tex. In 1924, Broussard’s tenant, M. Robi-cheaux, cultivated in rice 400 acres, and in 1925, 700 acres of this land, irrigating his crops from the waters of the bayou, as had been done in previous years. In their natural state the waters of the bayou were suit able for irrigation purposes, but in 1924 and 1925 they were polluted by drainage from Spindle Top bill, one of the most productive oil fields in tbe world. By reason of tbis…