Chevron Oil Co. v. Snellgrove

This is an appeal by the Chevron Oil Company from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, for damages alleged to have been inflicted on the land of plaintiff by defendant-company in conducting seismic exploration work thereon.

Plaintiff in the court below brought suit for damages caused by trespass upon the lands of appellee for actual and statutory damage to 150 trees, damage to cultivable lands and damage to a well. Defendant filed an answer denying the damages alleged by plaintiff and affirmatively pleaded that the statutory damage charged was barred by Mississippi…