Sun Oil Co. v. Robicheaux

ORITZ,. J.

This suit was filed in the district court at Jefferson county, Tex., by M. Robieheaux and his landlord, J. M. Brous-sard, against the Sun Oil Company and numerous other alleged oil producers, who were producing oil on what is generally known as Spindle Top Hill in said county, to' recover damages for alleged loss of rice crops during the years 1924 and 1925 on account,of salt water being drained into the bayou, and its waters- thereby polluted, by the oil producers named as joint defendants in the suit.

For convenience we will hereafter refer to M. Robieheaux and J. M. Broussard as…