Wotton v. Bush

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in an action seeking declaratory relief. A determination is sought to establish that the plaintiffs’ real property is located within the Rosecrans Oil Field in Los Angeles County and for that reason may he drilled and placed in production without first complying with the spacing provisions of chapter 3, division 3 of the Public Resources Code (spacing of wells and community leases). Section 3605 of that chapter provides: “The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any field producing oil or gas on August 14, 1931.” The Rosecrans field…