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K.S.A. § 55-118 (2026)

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55-118.

History: L. 1919, ch. 233, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-118; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 228, § 26; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Proof of negligence not necessary for recovery hereunder. Martin v. Shell Petroleum Corp., 133 Kan. 124, 128, 299 P. 261.

2. Damage action for pollution of water wells; Sufficiency of evidence. Alliston v. Shell Petroleum Co., 143 Kan. 327, 328, 55 P.2d 396.

3. Pollution damage action; petition need not allege negligence; duty statutory. Reiserer v. Murfin, 183 Kan. 597, 598, 599, 600, 331 P.2d 313.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1968–1983 · leading case: McAlister v. Atl. Richfield Co., 662 P.2d 1203 (Kan. 1983).
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McAlister v. Atl. Richfield Co., 662 P.2d 1203 (Kan. 1983). ““Defendant’s obligation, or duty, is set out in the statutes above quoted [K.S.A. 55-118, -121] and in a damage action under these statutes negligence does not have to be alleged as an element of the petition.”
Augustine v. Hinnen, 443 P.2d 354 (Kan. 1968). “K.S.A. 55-118 provides: "If any well or other excavation be put down to or through any vein or strata containing salt water or water containing any minerals in appreciable quantities, it shall be the duty of the owner or operator, driller or person putting down such well or…”
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