Legal Opinion
Cox Enterprises, Ltd. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 8, 1976No. 47256PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Justice.
Appellant purchased property in Oklahoma County on September 27, 1971. Subsequently, Appellant discovered that an oil pipeline was buried across the middle of the property it had acquired. Upon investigation, Appellant found that Independent Pipe Line Company had buried the line in 1932 and that Appellee, OKC Pipeline, Inc., was presently using the line to transport oil.
Appellant, on March 21, 1973, filed the present action, setting forth three causes of action:(1) An action against Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation, which held an oil and gas lease upon part of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. MannSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Allen v. Transok Pipe Line CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- Consolidated Gas Service Co. v. TylerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Rogers v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Long v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
3Cited by14 opinions
- Root v. KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- Department of Transp. v. BurnetteDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Curtis v. WFEC Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
- Drabek v. City of NormanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- Upper Eagle Valley Sanitation District v. CarnieColorado Court of Appeals · 1981
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