Union Oil & Mining Co. v. Bowman

HALL, C.

This was an action for damages for polluting a stream of fresh water by the drainage of salt water, oil or base sediment escaping from tanks or reservoirs containing- oil and these other named substances. The plaintiff was the owner of 80 acres of land across which there flowed a creek, a perpetual stream of fresh water fed by numerous springs. Along the banks of the creek it appears there was a considerable growth of trees such as oak, walnut, and other varieties. The defendant owned and operated an oil lease adjacent to plaintiff’s land. On said lease there were a few oil wells…