Derby Oil Co. v. City of Oxford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an action to enjoin the city of Oxford from further prosecuting certain cases which had been appealed from the police court of that city to the district court of Sumner county. Judgment was for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Oil was discovered under the townsite of Oxford. The city passed an ordinance under which it undertook to regulate the drilling of oil wells within the city limits. Several oil companies had leases on different parcels of land in Oxford. Two of these decided to test the validity of this ordinance in court. One…