Warren Petroleum Corp. v. Martin

BOYD, Justice.

Appellee J. W. Martin, the .surface lessee of a tract of land, filed this suit against appellant Warren Petroleum -Corporation, who o.wned- and was operating an .oil and gas lease thereon, for damages he claimed he sustained on account of the death and injury, to his.- cattle, resulting from their drinking oil which he alleged was negli gently allowed by appellant to escape frotó' a well through defective pumping equipment and accumulate'on the surface of the land; Judgment was for appellee,-hence this appeal.

The jury found that appellant permitted oil to escape from the well';…