Legal Opinion
Burns v. Lamb
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 18, 1958No. 15903PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
Lillian May Burns, independent executrix of the estate of L. T. Burns, deceased, appeals from a judgment rendered for T. S. Lamb and wife, Pauline M. Lamb, for damages to a tract of S44.S acres of land in the sum of $40,837.50 alleged to have, been caused by salt water escaping from an oil lease operated by L. T. Burns on land adjacent to appellees’ tract.
The jury found that L. T. Burns permitted saltwater to escape from the 200 acre tract covered by the Burns-Larimore lease, which was south of appellees’ land; such salt water damaged appellees’ land; Burns was negligent in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Landers v. East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1952
- Hay v. . the Cohoes CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Zampos v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Anderson v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Cahill v. EastmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
- Riley v. Industrial Finance Service Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1957
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