Indiana Pipe Line Co. v. Christensen

This is the second action for damages for the- loss of rental value of land alleged to be caused by the maintenance of a continuing nuisance through permitting the escape of crude oil from appellant’s pipe line on to the farm of the appellee.

The first action was brought for damage to crops and injury to live stock of the appellee covering the years from 1914 to 1919, which case was appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court, and the opinion is found as Indiana Pipe Line Co. v. Christensen (1919), 188 Ind. 400, 123 N. E. 789. That case was upon the theory of permanent injury to the real estate, and…