Legal Opinion
Williams v. Continental Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1954No. 4819PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
The only question necessary to be determined on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to enter an order under Rule of Civil Procedure 34, 28 U.S.C., requiring the defendant to permit the making of a deviational and directional survey of an oil and gas well belonging to the defendant for the purpose of ascertaining whether the underground terminus of the well is in the subsurface of a tract of land belonging to plaintiffs.
Paul S. Williams and others instituted the action against Continental Oil Company to recover damages for alleged underground…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Alltmont v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Hastings Oil Co. v. Texas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1950
- Reynolds v. United States. Brauner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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- The Guilford National Bank of Greensboro, Administrator C.T.A., D.B.N., of the Estate of Joseph M. Coble, Deceased v. Southern Railway Company, and Third-Party v. Garland Batchelor, of the Estate of Annie J. Coble, Deceased, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Cameron v. DIST. CT. IN & FOR FIRST JUD. D.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1977
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