Legal Opinion
Mullins v. Ward
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 24, 1985No. 61785PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
In this suit for accounting and cancellation of an oil-and-gas lease, four issues are tendered for our decision: [1] If a lessee enters and begins to drill a well with the acquiescence of some but not all cotenants in the mineral estate, is he liable to the nonacquiescing cotenants as a bad-faith trespasser? [2] Is the effective date of the Corporation Commission’s [Commission’s] despacing order dispositive on the issue whether the oil-and-gas leasehold in suit is subject to cancellation for want of production? [3] Did the trial court err in refusing to grant a jury trial and…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Rich v. DonegheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Earp v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Special Indemnity Fund v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- Mobbs v. City of LehighSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- McCracken v. City of LawtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Panama Processes, S.A. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- Reeves v. AgeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Dyke v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Fent v. Oklahoma Nat. Gas, a Div. of OneokSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Willis v. Nowata Land and Cattle Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
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