Hunt Oil Company v. Murchison

COLLINGS, Justice.

• This is a venue case. Alex Murchison brought suit in Brazoria County against Hunt Oil Company, a corporation. Plaintiff alleged that defendant operated an oil and gas lease adjoining land owned by plaintiff in Brazoria County; that defendant extracted quantities of salt water from an oil well on its lease and negligently failed to construct and maintain a slush pit adequate to contain such salt water; that because of such negligence salt water overflowed the slush pit on defendant’s lease and flowed on and greatly damaged plaintiff’s land. Plaintiff sought to recover from…