Cities Service Oil Company v. Corley

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams County which upheld a $4800 county court judgment in favor of appellees for damages to a water well located on land they had purchased subject to appellant's oil and gas lease. This judgment must be reversed because of the failure of the landowners to allege and prove any negligence on the part of the lessee.

Appellees contend that appellant detonated a large quantity of explosives in its oil well located on appellee's property 507 feet northeast of appellees' water well, thereby causing the water well to fill with sand and go dry. Appellant…