Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Co. v. Richter
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 20, 1942No. Civ. 3019PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment enjoining the operation of an oil well.
The appellant Richter owned an oil lease on lands which adjoined leasehold lands held by the respondents. In 1933, he drilled at a point about 21 feet from the respondents’ lands, but not encroaching thereon. He went down 1,900 feet but found no oil. Thereafter, he subleased to one Adams who, with his associates, drilled a well by using the top 100 feet of the dry hole drilled by Richter and then whipstocking so that the well trespassed on the respondents’ properties. When completed, this well was 1,780 feet deep and all…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Callet v. AliotoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
- Williams v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Feeney v. HinckleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
- Geimann v. Board of Police Commr's.California Supreme Court · 1910
- Richter v. AdamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Field-Escandon v. DeMannCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
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