Scurlock Oil Company v. Roberts

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damage to land caused by negligent failure to prevent crude petroleum from leaking out of a pipeline. A judgment awarding plaintiff $2,400.00 costs, etc., is affirmed.

In conformity with the plaintiff’s pleadings the trial court submitted special issues to determine the fact of alleged negligent omissions of the pipeline operator, which issue the jury answered in the affirmative and found the omissions to be the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s damage. These issues are quoted, to-wit:

(No. 2). “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that…