Duvall v. White
California Court of Appeal
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
Respondents have made a fair statement of the case which we substantially adopt. From the complaint it appears that certain oil companies were operating in Kern County, and that waste oil escaped from their works and flowed down a watercourse adjoining their lands. This oil was carried by the water beyond the lands operated by said companies, across lands claimed and occupied by defendants, then beyond these and across other land until it was carried into a lake known as Buena Vista Lake. In consequence of the danger of the oil contaminating the waters of the lake, the operators constructed a…
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