Seglem v. Skelly Oil Co.

*217The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is another damage suit for the pollution of a stream caused by salt water and noxious refuse from an oil field.

Defendants are corporations which during the past twenty years have developed a considerable oil field bordering on Turkey creek and its tributaries in Butler county.

Plaintiffs are the owners of a farm which they inherited from their father, who died in 1931.. It is situated on Turkey creek' downstream from defendants’ oil field, from which salt water, oil and noxious refuse have found their way into Turkey creek and its…