Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company v. Warren

DUNAGAN, Chief Judge.

J. D. Warren, appellee (plaintiff in the court below), brought this suit in the County Court of Upshur County, Texas, against Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company seeking to recover as damages the value of certain personal property stolen from his farm due allegedly to the negligence of the appellant (defendant in the court below) who was lessee of the mineral interest in and under the farm land, in cutting a chain on a gate which led to appellee’s wells and in leaving the gate open so as to permit the thief to make entry onto the property.

Upon defendant’s general denial, the…