Bounds v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

Plaintiff in error, M. 5. Bounds, instituted this suit in the district court against defendant in error, Magnolia Petroleum Company, to recover damages to certain lands owned by him, which, he alleged, resulted in part from the unlawful acts of said company. The parties will be designated as in the trial court. Plaintiff alleged that he owned three certain contiguous tracts of land, containing 94 acres, 92 acres, and 20 acre's, respectively; that Tehuacana creek extended through the first two tracts, and that a drain emptying into said creek extended through the third tract; that said creek…