Legal Opinion
Cities Service Oil Company v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 8, 1958No. 37143PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
This action was brought by Pauline R. Merritt, plaintiff, against defendants, Cities Service Oil Company, a corporation; Earl E. Ives; Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation; and Mercury Oil Refining Co., wherein she sought actual and punitive damages as a result of defendants alleged salt water pollution of subterranean water-producing formations underlying her land, which rendered the water in her water wells permanently unpotable.
Demurrer was sustained as to Mercury Co., and it is not involved in this appeal.
Upon trial to a jury, a verdict and judgment based thereon was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Northup v. EakesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Cities Service Gas Co. v. EggersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- British-American Oil Producing Co. v. McClainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Commercial Drilling Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Branch v. Western Petroleum, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1982
- Union Texas Petroleum, a Division of Allied Chemical Corp. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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