Gallagher v. Karns
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from the order of the Cattaraugus Special Term appointing a receiver “ of the oil wells and property mentioned in the notice and bill of particulars herein ” pendente Ute.
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Appeal from the order of the Cattaraugus Special Term appointing a receiver “ of the oil wells and property mentioned in the notice and bill of particulars herein ” pendente Ute. One of the affidavits used upon the motion stated the “ torpedoing ” process as follows, viz.: “ That torpedoing is a process for increasing the how of oil in an oil well; that it does not produce oil, and is of no value unless there is oil in a sand rock when it is exploded; that it is a process resorted to at different times during the life of the well, but never until after the well is completed; that its object…
1Opinion of the Court
HaediN, J.:
Chapter 440 of the Laws of 1880 (3 R. S. [7th ed.], 2440) provides, viz.: “ Any person who shall hereafter perform any labor in or about the sinking, drilling or completing of any oil well, or any well sunk or drilled for oil or gas or other volatile or mineral substances within the State of New York, * * * shall on filing with the county clerk of the county in which the property is situated the notice prescribed by the next section of. this act home a lien for the value of such labor and materials upon such tank or other receptacle as aforesaid, and upon such well as aforesaid and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hallahan v. . HerbertNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Devlin v. HopeNew York Supreme Court · 1863
- Gauhn v. Mills, New York County Courts1877