Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. Graham

The plaintiffs herein sued the defendants to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the pollution of the stock water supply in a pasture containing approximately 320 acres used for grazing purposes for the cattle of the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants in their oil and gas mining operations caused or permitted oil, salt water, and other deleterious substances to escape and flow into a- creek used as the water supply for the cattle of the plaintiffs, and as a result of drinking the polluted water some of the cattle died and others were injured; that the cattle…