Legal Opinion
Hammonds v. Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 22, 1934PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OpiNioN op the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Affirming.
The case seems to be one of first impression. About 1919 the appellee exhausted the gas from a field of about 15,000 acres in Menifee and adjoining counties, most of which it had under lease. Thereafter it brought in vast quantities of gas from distant fields and put it by force through its previously drilled wells into the vacated underground reservoir, withdrawing it as desired. In recent rate litigation the company valued these holdings at $2,000,000. See Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company v. Railroad Commission (D. C.) 60 F. (2d)…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Westmoreland N. Gas Co. v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Walls v. Midland Carbon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Brown v. SpilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Funk v. HaldemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Humble Oil & Refining Company v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. ZuckermanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Lone Star Gas Company v. MurchisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- Nicholson v. Herman, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
- White v. New York State Natural Gas CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1960
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