Thompson v. Walsh

This action was brought by Arthur Walsh, plaintiff, against the defendants, George F. Martin, M. P. Springer, and R. P. Bates, as owners of an oil and gas mining lease, and V. V. Thompson, as their operating agent in charge of said lease, to recover damages to plaintiff’s cattle resulting from the pollution of a stream running through plaintiffs land by salt water from oil wells owned and operated by defendants. The trial court overruled the demurrer of defendants to plaintiff’s evidence and their motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence, and submitted the cause to a…