Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. McGeeley

HALLEY, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, Timmie McGeeley and others, owned BO acres of land in Hughes County which is traversed by Wewoka Creek from west to east.

The defendants, Stanolind Oil and 'Gas Company, and others, operate oil and gas leases upon the watershed of this creek above plaintiffs’ land. Plaintiffs filed this action December 3, 1943, to recover damages for permanent injuries alleged to have been sustained by them because of the wrongful pollution of Wewoka Creek by defendants. Trial was had in 1950 to a jury. Plaintiffs recovered a judgment for $1,750 and defendants have…