Tucker Oil Co. v. Matthews

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

The Tucker Oil Company has appealed from a judgment in favor of W. A. Matthews for the loss of a number of plaintiff’s cattle, which he alleged died from drinking from a stream that was polluted with oil, salt water and basic sediment, which the defendant had negligently permitted to escape during the operation of its oil wells.

In the year 1924, plaintiff leased a tract of 600 acres of land under a parol lease, which was renewed from year to year. Part of the land he used for farming and a part for pasturing his cattle. The land was in the heart of the old Burk Burnett…