Broadhead v. Gatlin

The appellee, Webber Gatlin, plaintiff below, sued Sam Broadhead and Jack Stack, Jr., in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jasper County for damages. There was a verdict and judgment entered for appellee in the amount of $3,000, from which judgment the appellants appeal.

The declaration alleged that the appellee was the owner of certain lands in Jasper County; that during the months of August and September 1960 the appellants drilled a well in search of oil on land adjacent to appellee’s land; that they constructed a large slush pit which contained chemicals and refuse from…