Legal Opinion
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 4, 1938No. 28365PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOsborn, C. J.
O. L. Fisher sued the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation for damages to realty resulting from oil field pollution. Upon trial the jury returned a verdict in his favor in the sum of $600, and the trial court rendered judgment thereon. The Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation appeals from that judgment. We shall hereafter refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.
Plaintiff was the owner of a 40-acre tract of land through which a creek flowed. The defendant drilled several oil wells on the watershed of said creek above plaintiff's land and the salt water and oil from these wells…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Ardmore v. OrrSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Commercial Drilling Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Oklahoma City v. WestSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Oklahoma City v. PageSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. OliphantSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Sunray DX Oil Company v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
- Rochester American Ins. Co. v. ShortSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- United States v. FixicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Harris v. ConwaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
- Schneberger v. Apache Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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