Mustang Fuel Corp. v. Board of County Commissioners

SIMMS, Justice:

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a writ of mandamus sought by Mustang Fuel Corporation (Mustang) to force the Board of Commissioners of McClain County (Board) to issue a permit to Mustang to lay its pipeline for approximately three-fourths of a mile under a little traveled, dead end, county dirt road. Mustang is an Oklahoma Corporation which has Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company as its sole customer. OG&E owns the gas and has hired Mustang to transport it through Mustang’s own lines for approximately 110 miles.

Mustang’s attempt to negotiate an easement over…