Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. McKinnis

The decisive question presented for determination in this case is whether there was a misjoinder of causes of action. The action was brought by the plaintiffs, Frank McKinnis and Anna E. McKinnis, against the defendants, Peppers Refining Company and Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, to recover damages to the land of plaintiffs claimed to have been occasioned by the acts of defendants in flowing oil, salt water and other deleterious substances upon and across the land of plaintiffs and into a stream which traversed said land. The trial court overruled the demurrers of defendants to the amended…