Legal Opinion
Houck v. Hold Oil Corp.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 21, 1993No. 69492, 70460PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Appellants/counter-appellees, J.C. Houck and Ruth 0. Houck (Houcks) purchased the surface estate to eighty acres of undeveloped lakefront property near Lake Eufaula. The tract was subject to an oil and gas lease subsequently assigned to appellee/eounter-appellant, Hold Oil Corporation (Hold).
In March 1982, the Houcks discovered Hold had excavated a reserve pit and destroyed trees, timber and underwood in the process of building an access road to its first gas well site. This well was drilled in March 1982 prior to the effective date…
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- Wickham v. Gulf Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
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