Mudge Oil Co. v. Swanson

This action was instituted by W. L. Swanson, plaintiff in the lower court, for damages alleged to be due and owing to him from the Mudge Oil Company, a corporation, defendant In the lower court, arising from the escape of waste oil and salt water from a lease operated by the defendant onto the adjoining property of the plaintiff, resulting in the ruining of a pond and the destruction of his stock water, and additional damage to his grass and timber. The defendant’s answer consisted of a general denial, and the case proceeded to trial upon the issues presented. Trial was had before a jury and…