Continental Oil Co. v. Hinton

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry County, wherein appellee, Dewey Hinton, brought suit against appellant, Continental Oil Company, for the alleged pollution and destruction of his water well caused by the negligence of appellant. Appellee recovered a judgment of $2,000, and from this judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellee charged in his declaration that in the month of February 1963 an agent of appellant approached him and wanted permission to do some seismograph work on his land. He first refused to grant such permission, but did grant it when the agent agreed that…