Humble Pipe Line Company v. Anderson

339 S.W.2d 259 (1960)

HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

W. C. ANDERSON et ux., and Ira H. Westerfield et us., Appellees.

No. 3766.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

July 29, 1960.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1960.

Richey, Sheehy & Teeling, Waco, K. C. Minter, Houston, for appellant.

Dunnam & Dunnam, Waco, for appellees.

TIREY, Justice.

This is a suit for injuries to land alleged to have resulted from the pollution of a water well by crude oil. Appellees specifically alleged that the oil came from a leak in defendant's pipe line, and that the oil penetrated the soil and the water bearing…