WISER OIL COMPANY v. CONLEY


346 S.W.2d 718 (1961)

WISER OIL COMPANY and Petroleum Exploration, Inc., Appellants, v. T. J. CONLEY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Prewitt, Frankfort, Earl R. Cooper, Salyersville, for appellant.

C. Kilmer Combs, Combs & Combs, Prestonsburg, for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

The Wiser Oil Company and Petroleum Exploration, Inc. appeal from a judgment of the Magoffin Circuit Court holding that they must pay T. J. Conley, the surface owner of a tract of land on which they have a lease for oil and gas, damages for the destruction of the surface and of the coal thereunder, said damages being caused by a new method of forcing oil from underground. They also appeal from a supplemental...

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