Legal Opinion

Griffith v. Gulf Refining Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1952No. 38566Published

1Opinion of the Court

215 Miss. 15 (1952)

60 So.2d 518

2 Adv. S. 9

GRIFFITH, et al.

v.

GULF REFINING CO., et al.

No. 38566.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 6, 1952.

Howie, Howie & Montgomery, for Griffith, et al. in the consolidated cases.

Archie D. Gray, Irwin W. Coleman, James A. Boone, and W.B. Fontaine argued.

W.C. Wells, III, Earl T. Thomas, Wagner & Christian, Amici Curiae.

OPINION IN CHIEF.

LEE, J.

B.C. Griffith and others, as royalty owners of 90 acres in a 250 acre unit in the Gwinville Field, by this suit, seek to recover from Gulf Refining Company and others a pro rata share of gas produced from the unit.

Their…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. California Co. v. State Oil & Gas BoardMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Japhet v. McRaeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925
  3. Superior Oil Co. v. FOOTEMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Wettengel v. GormleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  5. Placid Oil Co. v. North Central Texas Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944

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