Brewer v. Home-Stake Production Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

The appellees, plaintiffs below, brought this action against appellant for actual and punitive damages resulting from the alleged negligence of appellant in the operation and development of an oil and gas lease adjoining the land of appellees. The appellees will hereafter be referred to as plaintiffs or Brewers and the appellant as defendant or Home-Stake.

The petition alleges Home-Stake was engaged in a water flood project in the leases in question and had lead lines for moving oil from oil wells on the leases to the tank batteries used in…