Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. Pawnee-Tulsa Petroleum Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Tulsa County; E. M. Poe, Judge. Action by the Gulf Pipe Line Company, a corporation, and the Gulf Pipe Line Company of Oklahoma, a corporation, plaintiffs below, plaintiffs in error, against the Pawnee-Tulsa Petroleum Company, a corporation, .Colonel E. Mays, Frank Mays, and G. F. Bartlett, defendants below, defendants in error, to restrain the boring of an oil and gas well in dangerous proximity to plaintiffs’ property.
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Error from District Court, Tulsa County; E. M. Poe, Judge. Action by the Gulf Pipe Line Company, a corporation, and the Gulf Pipe Line Company of Oklahoma, a corporation, plaintiffs below, plaintiffs in error, against the Pawnee-Tulsa Petroleum Company, a corporation, .Colonel E. Mays, Frank Mays, and G. F. Bartlett, defendants below, defendants in error, to restrain the boring of an oil and gas well in dangerous proximity to plaintiffs’ property. From a decree sustaining a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction, the plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
A motion to dissolve the temporary injunction was heard upon the petition and a stipulation as to the title of the parties. As disclosed by the stipulation and the petition, the facts are as follows: The defendants hold an oil and gas mining lease upon 80 acres of land, including that of the plaintiffs. After their lease was executed, the plaintiffs pur chased from the owners a small portion of the 80-acre tract, but subject to the lease of the defendants. The portion acquired by the plaintiffs is approximately 470 by 677 feet, and upon it the plaintiffs, with the knowledge…
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- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. GrovesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Jones v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
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