Lanahan v. Myers

HALLEY, Vice Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs; Buford W. Myers and Bertha Myers, his wife, commenced this action for damages against F. P. Lanahan, defendant. The parties will be referred to by their trial court designations. Plaintiffs, owners of land, alleged that defendant, oil and gas lessee, negligently operated oil wells, used more of the surface than was reasonably needed and allowed oil and salt water to run over the surface. The petition set forth three causes of action. At the trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $750 on the first cause of action for damage to…