Taub v. Houston Pipeline Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that trespass claims concerning oil and gas operations were not inherently undiscoverable because they “involve[d] tangible things,” including “exploration activities occurring on the surface of the land,” that were “readily apparent by mere viewing”
• “Diligence is required by the owner of the surface as to the operation of oil and gas leases, particularly where operation or lack thereof at the lease site is legally significant.”
• “The measure of damages is just compensation for the loss actually sustained. . . . The burden is on the plaintiff to allege and prove the loss resulting from the alleged breach.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).