Legal Opinion
Olsen v. Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided January 15, 1963No. Civ. 4563PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, District Judge.
The Olsens brought this action against Sinclair Oil & Gas Company to recover damages which they allege to be due because of the drainage of natural gas from their land through a well drilled by Sinclair on adjoining land, and because of the failure of Sinclair to protect their land from drainage. The material facts are either stipulated or not disputed.
The Olsens are the owners of 160 acres of land in Carbon County, Wyoming, and, on April 9, 1959, they executed and delivered to J. A. Padon, Jr., an oil and gas lease covering the property which was assigned to Sinclair…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. MilletteMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
- Hughes v. Busseyville Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
- Barquin v. Hall Oil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1921
- Billeaud Planters, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Gerson v. Anderson-Prichard Production Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Breaux v. Pan American Petroleum CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Jimmie Cook, a Single Woman v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Seacat v. Mesa Petroleum Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1983
- Williams v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968