State v. Ohio Oil Co.

The State of Indiana, by her Attorney-General and the prosecuting attorney of the Madison Circuit Court, brought suit against the appellee, the Ohio Oil Company, seeking to enjoin it from wasting natural gas. The circuit court sustained the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint for want of sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action, and the plaintiff, electing to abide said demurrer, and refusing to amend its complaint or to plead further, the court rendered judgment that the plaintiff take nothing by its complaint and that defendant recover costs. Upon this ruling alone the State…