Wilcox Oil Company v. Walters

The plaintiffs, in petition, alleged they were conducting farm and dairy operations upon certain leased land during á certain year, and that during the time the defendant was producing, separating and storing oil from and upon said lands, and that the defendant in ' its operation negligently permitted base sediment, oil, salt water and other poisonous substances to escape from its separation tanks and earthen reservoirs to and upon the plaintiffs’ pasture lands and into a stream on the premises and from which plaintiffs’ cattle- drank, and with resulting loss and damages to the plaintiffs…