Legal Opinion
Exxon Corp. v. Makofski Ex Rel. Makofski
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided October 23, 2003No. 14-00-00763-CVPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION
SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.
Among the hundreds of wells drilled in the Tomball Field northwest of Houston in the 1930s, one was found to be leaking oil and gas into an underground aquifer in 1939. Humble Oil & Refining Company attempted to recover the lost hydrocarbons by backflowing” the well for almost two years.
Forty years later and a half mile to the southeast, a water well was drilled for the Three Lakes subdivision. When the well was first tested for organic chemical contaminants in 1990 (after about 10 years of use), it was discovered to contain benzene. The…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Abraham v. Union Pacific Railroad, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
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