LeBARD v. RICHFIELD OIL CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 25997.

56 Cal.2d 532 (1961)

364 P.2d 449

15 Cal. Rptr. 617

MARY V. LeBARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Grillo for Plaintiff and Appellant.

William E. Woodroof and William D. Foote for Defendants and Respondents.


TRAYNOR, J.

In 1955 plaintiff owned less than one acre of land that was surrounded by other lands subject to an oil and gas lease held by defendant Richfield Oil Corporation as lessee. Richfield recorded a declaration of pooling individual oil and gas leases held by it in the vicinity into Operating Unit A and filed a notice of intention to drill on the land surrounding plaintiff's land. On March 14, 1955, pursuant to section 3608 of the Public Resources Code, the...

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