B. & B. Oil Co. v. Townsend

Opinion of the Court by

Chief 'Justice Rees

Reversing.

The appellee, Annie Townsend, owns the surface of 29 acres of land which, is located in an oil producing section of Estill county. ■ She acquired the land in 1921 after the minerals had been severed from the surface. The appellant, B. & B. Oil Company, by mesne conveyances, became the owner of the oil and gas under this and other land in the vicinity about two years before the institution of this suit. It maintains oil tanks on an adjoining tract of land, known as the Frazier land. Annie Townsend sued for and recovered $500 damages allegedly…