Carter v. Simmons

HALE, Justice.

F. P. Simmons and his mother, Mrs. Kate Simmons, sued Barney Carter and Silver Pine Oil Company for damages on account of the death of ten head of cattle. Plaintiffs alleged that they had executed oil and gag leases covering 48% acres of their land; that defendants had drilled two producing wells and erected some storage tanks on the leased premises and were storing oil from the wells in such tanks; that plaintiffs were also using the premises for grazing purposes and their cattle had died as s direct result of drinking crude oil which defendants negligently permitted to escape…