Legal Opinion
De Garza v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 14, 1937No. 10000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice.
Appellants, Paula V. de Garza and her fourteen children, instituted this suit in the 111th district court of Webb county against appellee, Magnolia Petroleum Company, a corporation, seeking to recover $15,000 actual damages, and $10,000 exemplary damages, and for the issuance of an injunction. The damage was alleged to have been caused by appellee permitting salt water to flow from its oil lease down a draw and then on the land and into dirt tanks or reservoirs belonging to appellants.
The trial was to a jury, but when appellants, who were plaintiffs below, finished the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Turner v. Big Lake Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Amarillo v. WareTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Cosden Oil Co. v. SidesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Major v. Hefley-Coleman Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Mitchell v. HeardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Wafer v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
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