Harper-Turner Oil Company v. Bridge

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This action was brought by Grace Bridge and H. A. Bridge, hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs, against Harper-Turner Oil Company, a corporation, and Atmar Drilling Company, hereinafter referred to as defendants, to recover damages for alleged injury or destruction of a water well. On July 1, 1954, plaintiffs filed their petition herein alleging that the defendant, Harper-Turner, heretofore on another tract of land, drilled a dry hole which was within 200 feet of plaintiffs’ home, without plaintiffs’ consent; that plaintiffs had a water well 225 feet deep, cased and…