Scurlock Oil Company v. Joffrion

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Buford Joffrion, the plaintiff below, brought this action against Scur-lock Oil Company, alleging that said oil company trespassed upon and damaged the plaintiff’s surface leasehold estate by laying two oil gathering pipelines over a portion of the plaintiff’s surface lease. The case was submitted to the jury on Special Issues, and based on the verdict thereon, the trial court awarded judgment for the plaintiff, Buford Joffrion, for both actual and exemplary damages, and the defendant, Scur-lock Oil Company, was additionally enjoined to desist from the…