The Texas Co. v. Belvin

This action was filed by Jacqueline Belvin, hereinafter called plaintiff, who recovered a judgment for damages to livestock against The Texas Company, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as defendant.

Plaintiff is the owner of the surface rights in certain lands on which the defendant is producing oil. She testified that on or about June 28, 1950, she examined defendant’s oil well No. 10; that she found that there had been rods and tubing pulled from the well; that the oil had run from the well and the oil from the tubing and rods had run down a drain; that there was water and oil in the…