Legal Opinion
Sheridan Oil Co. v. Wall
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 30, 1940No. 29444PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHurst, J.
The Sheridan Oil Company appeals from a judgment in favor of D. D. Wall awarding damages for alleged pollution of a water well, arising from the negligence of the oil company in failing properly to plug a near-by oil well, from which crude oil escaped causing the pollution claimed.
Plaintiff’s theory is that the oil well had not been plugged in the manner provided in section 11581, O. S. 1931, 52 O. S. A. § 297, and the defendant’s theory is that the well had been plugged in accordance with rules and regulations of the Corporation Commission promulgated pursuant to section 3671, O. S. 1931, 17…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- City of Ardmore v. OrrSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Appleton v. . MarxNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- McHenry v. City of ParkersburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Emery v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co. v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Marshall v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Republic Natural Gas Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- Fischer v. Atlantic Richfield Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1989
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. FullerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
- Meinders v. JohnsonCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2005
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