Legal Opinion
Baumgartner v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1969No. 37092PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
This is an action at law for willful trespass and conversion. Plaintiff sued for the value of oil claimed to have been displaced and swept from land under lease to him by defendant into its waterflood unit recovery wells.
Plaintiff was the holder of an oil and gas lease granted by the State of Nebraska, the owner of the minerals underlying Section 16, Township 18 North, Range 53 West of the 6th P.M., Banner County, Nebraska. Plaintiff acquired the lease June 13, 1960, and allowed it to lapse June 13, 1965.
Defendant is the owner of the Kenmac “J” Sand Unit, Banner County, Nebraska, hereinafter…
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