Manufacturers National Bank v. Department of Natural Resources

This case comes to us on rehearing. It originally was reported in 85 Mich App 173; 270 NW2d 550 (1978).

The Court stated:

"A landowner owns the oil and gas under his land, and may recover from the wrongful appropriation of his oil and gas by another. See, e.g., Ross v Damm, 278 Mich 388; 270 NW 722 (1936). Where the Supervisor compels the pooling of property for the purpose of allocation of production from a single well, the allocation must

" 'be upon terms and conditions that are just and reasonable, and will afford to the owner of each tract in the pooling plan the opportunity to recover and…