Cooke v. Westgate-Greenland Oil Co.

This case involves the individual and correlative property rights of lot owners and oil and gas lessees in a certain block in Oklahoma City formerly zoned for oil and gas development under ordinances enacted pursuant to the police powers as delegated by sections 6170-6179, O. S. 1981, 11 Okla. Stat. Ann. secs. 401-410.

The district court, on appeal from an order of the board of adjustment, proceeding under the statutes and ordinances aforesaid, issued to the respondent Westgate-Greenland Oil Company a permit to drill for oil and gas in said zoned area, and the Protestant, a lot owner therein,…