Greer v. Pelican Natural Gas Co.

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff is the owner of the N. W. ½ of N. W. ¼, section 32, township 8 north, range 11 west, in Sabine parish. He paid $5 per acre for it in 1919. It is traversed by Bilbray branch, a small shallow drain, which enters the tract near the northwest corner and makes its exit therefrom near the southeast corner.

Defendant drilled three producing oil well's on the S. W. ¾. of S. W. ½, section 29, and two such wells on the N. E. ¼ of N. E. ¼, section 31, adjoining plaintiff’s land. This suit was instituted to recover damages alleged to have resulted from waste oil and salt water…