In addition to the penalties described in § 15-72-202 for failure to confine natural gas, any person or corporation lawfully in possession of lands upon which the gas well is situated or adjoining or adjacent thereto or in the vicinity of the well may enter upon the lands on which such well is situated and take possession of the well from which the gas is allowed to escape in violation of § 15-72-202, after the failure for ten (10) hours of the party in control thereof to use the utmost diligence to confine the gas, pack and tube the well, and shut in and secure the flow of gas, and may maintain a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state against the owner, lessee, agent, or manager of the well, and each of them, jointly or severally, to recover the cost and expense of the tubing and packing, together with attorney's fees to be taxed as part of the cost.
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