Denver Producing & Refining Co. v. Bunch

- PER CURIAM.

This is an action to recover damages for injury to. plaintiffs’ orchard consisting of plum, cherry, peach, and apple trees located on a tract of land owned by the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs introduced testimony showing defendant owned and operated an oil well approximately 260 feet west, of plaintiffs’ orchard. That” on or about the 15th day of March, 1931, defendant, through its agents and employees, negligently opened certain valves on said well, permitting- crude oil to escape and flow therefrom for 45 minutes, and same was carried by wind and sprayed plaintiffs’ orchard, killing…