Keller v. Davis

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This appeal arises from a suit and coun-tersuit between appellant Fred Keller and appellee M.P. Davis. Appellee Davis owned a vacuum truck business in Brazos County, Texas, wherein he operated several specialized vehicles equipped to remove drilling mud and other fluids from oil field leases. One of Davis’s employees, Terry Hawkins, arranged to use appellant Keller’s land as a dumping site for the mud. Problems arose when Keller feared he was not being properly paid for the use of his land. With the cooperation of Terry Hawkins, Keller seized one of Davis’s vacuum…