McNeill v. Rice Engineering & Operating, Inc.

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Chief Justice.

{1} Plaintiffs sued Defendants for trespass resulting from the operation of a salt water disposal well on Plaintiffs’ property. The district court granted a motion for summary judgment to Defendants and Plaintiffs appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that Plaintiffs lacked standing to bring a cause of action for trespass and unjust enrichment for acts that occurred before Plaintiffs owned their property. We granted Plaintiffs’ petition for writ of certiorari. We agree with the Court of Appeals that an action for trespass to real property is in tort for…