City of North Muskegon v. Miller

Plaintiff, a municipal corporation, brought this suit to restrain defendants from drilling an oil well on property in the city of North Muskegon. In 1925 plaintiff passed a zoning ordinance, by virtue of which the property on which it was sought to drill the oil well was restricted in its use to single family dwellings, churches, schools, and libraries, farming and truck gardening and private clubs. In 1928, shortly after oil had been discovered within the corporate limits of plaintiff, an ordinance was passed making it unlawful to drill wells for the purpose of obtaining oil and gas without…