FRANKLIN DRILLING CO. v. JACKSON

No. 33458.

202 Okla. 687 (1950)

217 P.2d 816

FRANKLIN DRILLING CO. et al. v. JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monnet, Hayes & Brown, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error Franklin Drilling Company.

Gilliland, Ogden, Withington, Shirk & Vaught, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error Ohio Oil Company.

C.H. Bowie, of Pauls Valley, for defendant in error.


WELCH, J.

The Ohio Oil Company, owner of an oil and gas mining lease, contracted with the Franklin Drilling Company to drill a well on a certain tract of land covered by the lease. In the course of the drilling operations conducted thereunder, oil, gas, and salt water were encountered. These substances sprayed from the well and over an adjoining tract of land held and occupied by Bethel Jackson under an agricultural lease. From the activity of the well Jackson suffered...

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