Rock Island Oil & Refining Co. v. Marney

O’NEAL, Justice.

In this case there was evidence to sustain the1 finding of the jury 'that in the operation of defendants’ refineries during the year 1948, crude oil and refinery waste escaped from defendants’ plants and drained into Cow Creek. Cow Creek heads north and meanders in a southerly direction as it passes the defendants’ refineries. In the operation of these refineries, especially in the year 1948, substantial quantities of effluent water, impregnated With oil and ' refinery waste',' éscaped from their plants and drained into Cow Creek, which flowed over plaintiff’s farm.

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