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FEDERAL OIL CO. v. BROWER

Docket No. L.A. 21212.

36 Cal.2d 367 (1950)

224 P.2d 4

FEDERAL OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NELLE P. BROWER et al., Defendants and Respondents; HILO OIL COMPANY (a Limited Copartnership) et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 28, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin A. Freeman for Appellants.

Reynolds, Painter & Cherniss, Thomas Reynolds and Louis Miller for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

The Federal Oil Company is the operating lessee under two leases for the production of oil and gas from adjoining tracts of land. Under the original terms of the first lease Federal had the right to produce oil and gas from a 16 1/2-acre parcel of land. The lease provided that all wells should be bottomed under the land and that no wells should be drilled on a certain 100-foot strip on the edge of the leased premises. The lessee was given exclusive possession...

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