Any person, firm or corporation leasing under the provisions of this article, and operating for oil and gas, shall be liable to the surface owner, the lessee or purchaser, for all damages or loss accruing to the surface interest in said land and to all crops and improvements thereupon and appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging, whether said land be agricultural, timber, grazing or otherwise.
R.L.1910, § 7200. Renumbered from Title 64, § 287 by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 119, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.