Smith v. Davis

IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.

Defendants in error, herein designated as plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages allegedly caused by salt water escaping onto their land from salt water pits on an oil and gas lease, which was owned and operated by plaintiffs in error, (defendants).

The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs and judgment was rendered thereon. Defendants have appealed from the order overruling their motion for a new trial.

Plaintiffs acquired the tract of land involved in January, 1961. Defendants’ oil and gas operations -were conducted on land that joined plaintiffs’ land…