Socony Mobil Oil Co. v. Moore

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court entered pursuant to a verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs there, Benny L. Moore and Mary Lucile Moore and against the defendants there, Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and Gulf Oil Corporation. The Moores will be referred to as plaintiffs, or plaintiff, and defendants will be referred to as such.

Defendants had for a number of years prior to the commencement of this action, and at all times during the time complained of, operated producing oil and gas wells on property owned by the plaintiffs. There had been settlements…