Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Sheel
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 28, 1953No. 35585PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
George Sheel, as plaintiff, brought this action against the defendants, Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation, and V. W. Edmondson, seeking recovery for the loss of cattle resulting from defendants allowing salt water to escape from their oil well operation and run over the surface of the land in violation of 52 O. S. 1941 §296. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, being inversely to their appearance here.
The plaintiff owned the surface of a quarter section of land in Osage county, Oklahoma, on which he pastured cattle. The corporate defendant held an oil…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Texas Co. v. MosshamerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. RhodesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- Sanders v. McMichaelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- Leslie v. HammerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- Maley v. HenleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McCasland v. BurtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
- The Ohio Oil Company, a Corporation v. Ralph Elliott and Ella ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958