Diamond Shamrock Corp. v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Lyle Brown. Justice.
This case involves the correlative rights of the owners of the surface estate and the separate owner of the minerals. Appellant Diamond Shamrock Corporation caused a gas well to be drilled under a proper oil and gas lease executed by the owners of the minerals. Appellees, the Phillipses, owned only the surface estate. The suit was brought on the theory that the drilling of the well at the precise location where appellees intended to build a home was “wrongful, and unreasonable and demonstrated a wholly callous indifference to the rights of the plaintiffs”. Appellees were…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. EvansSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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