Sun Oil Company v. Whitaker

COLLINGS, Justice.

Sun Oil Company brought this suit seeking a permanent injunction against Earnest Whitaker and his tenant son-in-law, Doyle Henderson, enjoining them from interfering with plaintiff’s production of not more than 100,000 gallons of fresh water per day from Whitaker’s 267.7 acres of land to use in waterflooding plaintiff’s oil and gas lease thereon. Sun contends that the lease gave it this right as a matter of law. Whitaker filed an answer and cross action seeking to enjoin Sun from producing fresh water from his land for waterflood purposes. He contends that the parties to the…