Legal Opinion
Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Suits
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1930No. 183-190PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by Magnolia Petroleum Company, a Texas corporation, to enjoin Suits and Holleman, lessees of the Union Missionary Baptist Church, from drilling an oil and gas well on a plot of ground, 180 feet by 302% feet, in the northwest corner of a 40-acre tract in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, and from producing and taking oil and gas through the well. The bill was dismissed on final hearing and plaintiff has appealed. There is no controversy about the facts. Laura L. Fyke and her husband owned the 40 acres and adjoining lands. In June, 1922, they gave an oil…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Watrous v. AllenMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
- Hafner v. . IrwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
- American Strawboard Co. v. Haldeman Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Priddy v. School Dist. No. 78, Cotton CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- School District No. 100 v. BarnesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1921
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Boyle Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- L. N. Childress and Roger W. Crampton v. E. A. Cook, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Farr v. Detroit Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Collier v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- Collier v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
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