Goldsmith & Powell v. State

BOND, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the State of Texas, through its Attorney General, Gerald C. Mann, against one hundred and fifty-five separate defendants, to enjoin them from polluting the waters of the Neches River. It is alleged that the defendants are. the owners of oil wells along the watershed of the river, and are permitting salt water to flow from their respective wells into the river, thus polluting it, destroying fish and vegetation, and rendering the water unfit for domestic purposes by individuals, and by the public generally.

The cause went to trial before a jury, as…