Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. Taylor

In the court below appellee was awarded a judgment for $500 damages against appellant for permanent injuries to real estate on account of salt water escaping from premises operated by appellant and flowing upon the farm of appellee. The particular damage complained of was the ruining of a water well. Appellant’s brief contains five assignments of error, but we shall discuss only the first and fourth, because the second and fifth are ruled by our decision on the first, and the third is ruled by our decision on the fourth.

The first assignment complains of the action of the trial court in…