Supreme Court of Alabama May 9, 1963, 1 Div. 861 (Gulf Oil Corporation v. Deese)

GOODWYN, Justice.

Action of trespass quare clausum fregit brought by appellee, G. H. Deese, against appellants, Gulf Oil Corporation, et al., to recover damages for injury to the surface of land owned by Deese in the Citronelle Oil Field, allegedly resulting from the construction and operation by Gulf of an oil well on adjacent land. Gulf, at the time, held a lease of the oil under both parcels.