Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Corporation v. Deese
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1963No. 1 Div. 861PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWYN, Justice.
Action of trespass quare clausum fregit brought by appellee, G. H. Deese, against appellants, Gulf Oil Corporation, et al., to recover damages for injury to the surface of land owned by Deese in the Citronelle Oil Field, allegedly resulting from the construction and operation by Gulf of an oil well on adjacent land. Gulf, at the time, held a lease of the oil under both parcels. The appeal is from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of Deese.
On December 14, 1949, Deese purchased several parcels of land in Mobilq .County from Thomas J. Taylor, et al., subject to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Williams v. GibsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Beardsley v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
- Phillips v. Sipsey Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Hardee v. HardeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
- Southern Railway Co. v. HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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- M. C. Dixon Lumber Co. v. MathisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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