Boyle v. Pure Oil Co.

Appellants instituted this' suit against appellees to recover damages which they claimed to have suffered by reason of appellees having polluted the water used by them in the manufacture of ice in the city of Groesbeck. The trial court sustained a general demurrer to appellants’ petition. The only question, therefore, for determination, is whether, as against a general demurrer, appellants’ petition stated a cause of action.

Appellants alleged:

“That from January 1st, 1925, up to and including December 31, 1925, they owned and operated a manufactory and plant located in the town of Groesbeck in…