Baker & Strawn v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

Opinion by

RUTH, C.

The parties hereto will be designated as they appeared in the trial court.

The petition of plaintiffs contained two' causes of action, and they elected to stand upon the first cause of action, which alleged, in substance, that plaintiffs and defendant were owners of adjoining leaseholds in Carter county, and plaintiffs had a number of oil and gas wells on its leasehold, and well-No. 8 was flowing oil and gas on October 6, 1920, and had been so flowing for several days prior to said date, which fact was well known to defendant, its servants and agents, etc. That defendant…