Legal Opinion
Zehner v. Post Oak Oil Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 21, 1982No. 53861PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYDSTON, Judge.
Appeal is taken from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $6,400 actual and $17,900 punitive damages against defendant oil company which had refused to release four oil and gas leases. Suit was for slander of title. Defendant procured leases while land was being partitioned from a cotenant who was outbid by plaintiff- at auction.
I
The operative facts are very nearly undisputed. Elmer Zehner (Plaintiff) was the successful bidder at a partition auction involving 640 acres of land in Harper County, Oklahoma on July 23, 1974. The land had been the subject of litigation since 1971. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City National Bank & Trust Co. of Oklahoma City v. OwensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- Teegarden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Sunray DX Oil Company v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
- Ward v. Mid-West & Gulf Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- John L. Marino, D/B/A Wishbone Oil & Gas, Cross-Appellee v. Otis Engineering Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Bennett v. 3 C Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
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