Seaboard Oil Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

*630The appellant and defendant, Seaboard Oil Company, was tided and convicted in the Allen circuit court of violating tbe provisions of section 3914a of the Kentucky Statutes, Carroll’s edition, which in part says: “It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporations or companies to abandon any oil or gas wells, either dry or producing, in this Commonwealth, or to remove casings therefrom, whether same be either oil or gas, either producing or dry, or for any cause abandon said well or wells without first plugging same in a secure manner by…