Legal Opinion
Sanford v. Arjay Oil Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 1984No. 83-235, 83-236PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, Justice.
This case concerns the correlative rights of the mineral lessee and the surface lessee to a particular tract of land. Norman Lee Sanford, as operator and manager of TTT Ranch, holds the right to graze livestock on 1,283.38 acres of land in Johnson and Na-trona Counties. Arjay Oil Company (Ar-jay) leases and operates a number of oil-well sites on this acreage. In August, 1980, 75 head of Sanford’s cattle ingested oil from various pits located on the leasehold. Sanford brought this action against Arjay to recover the value of the contaminated cattle, alleging that the loss…
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