Hunton Oil & Gas Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

BAILEY, Judge:

This case comes on for review of a Corporation Commission forced pooling order, wherein the Corporation Commission declined to exercise jurisdiction over a dispute between Appellant and Appellee as to use of Appellant’s property. Appellee Hunton Oil & Gas Corporation is the owner of 79.3 leasehold acres in Logan County Oklahoma, and sought to lease .7 acres owned by Appellant Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway under the railroad’s right of way to form an 80 acre unit. When negotiations failed, Appellee sought a forced pooling order from the Commission forcing Appellant to elect…