Legal Opinion
Pitzer & West v. Williamson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 1942No. 14330PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for damages to livestock owned by plaintiff from drinking refuse near oil wells operated by defendants.
In 1928 the land owners, W. W. Williamson and wife, leased a tract of 320 acres in Young County to C. W. DeFreest for oil and gas purposes, executing an oil and gas lease in the usual form.
The pleadings and the undisputed testimony are sufficient to establish that the defendants, the assignees of the oil lease, drilled four producing wells on the property soon after the lease was executed. Eventually three of the wells were plugged, and one of them is still producing from five…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gulf Production Co. v. Continental Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
- Pure Oil Co. v. GearSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Joyner v. R. H. Dearing & SonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Peters Petroleum Corp. v. AlredSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
3Cited by18 opinions
- Security Savings Ass'n v. Clifton, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
- Sinclair Prairie Oil Co. v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Placid Oil Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Carter v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Baker v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
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