Gulf Oil Corporation v. McCoy

In the trial court William McCoy and Evelyn McCoy, his wife, sued the Gulf Oil Corporation for damages caused by the salt water pollution of their stock water pond, constructed on their preference right school land lease. In this opinion, the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below, where the McCoys were plaintiffs and Gulf Oil Corporation was the defendant. In the trial court, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the amount of $5,000.00 compensatory damages and $500.00 punitive damages. From this verdict and judgment thereon, the defendant has perfected…