Legal Opinion
Devonian Oil Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 21, 1926No. 16601PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RAY, C.
S. P. Smith recovered judgment against the Devonian Oil Company and Echo Oil Company for damages to cattle alleged to have been caused by drinking water polluted and contaminated by oil, salt water, and other deleterious substances, negligently and wrongfully allowed to escape from defendant’s oil mining operations, and run over the surface of the land, and into certain draws and creeks which were the water supply for the cattle running in his pasture in Osage county, in violation of section 7969; C. S. 1921, which reads:
“No inflammable product from any oil or gas well shall…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Keyser v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. GrablinNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
- Atchison, T. & S. F. R. v. ReesmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Platte & Denver C. & M. Co. v. DowellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commercial Drilling Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. GrahamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. AlredSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- The Ohio Oil Company, a Corporation v. Ralph Elliott and Ella ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
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