Meddock v. National Transit Co.

Opinion by

Baldeige, J.,

This action in trespass was instituted by the owner of a farm in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, on which was located a natural spring.

The defendant was engaged as a common carrier in transporting crude oil through three pipe lines which extended across the appellee’s land.

The appellee alleged that on November 4, 1927, on account of the negligence of the defendant, large quantities of oil ran out of the pipe lines and continued so to run for a long space of time and percolated through the soil and contaminated the waters of his spring, which were affected up to the time…