DX SUNRAY OIL COMPANY v. Billue

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment obtained by defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, for damages for alleged permanent injuries to plaintiff’s underground water supply. Plaintiff claimed such injuries to have been caused by subsurface pollution from gasoline which leaked from underground storage tanks owned by defendant.

At all times herein mentioned, plaintiff owned the west 87 feet of a lot in Webber Falls, Oklahoma, on which was situated his home. Beneath the house was a well from…