Keener Oil & Gas Co. v. Stewart

Plaintiff in error was defendant in the court below, and defendants in error were plaintiffs in the court below. Said parties will hereinafter be referred to as they appeared in the court below.

Plaintiffs instituted this action to recover damages on account of salt water having escaped from the defendant’s oil wells and premises upon and across the lands and premises of the said plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs allege that they suffered damages as the result of the negligence of the defendant as follows; Loss of use of premises for agricultural and grazing purposes for two years prior to the filing of…