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STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD v. CRANE

No. 46863.

271 So.2d 84 (1972)

The STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD of Mississippi et al. v. H.L. CRANE and Nolan Clark.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Carl F. Andre, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wells, Gerald, Brand, Watters & Cox, Scott P. Hemleben, Jackson, Vernon L. Terrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

The State Oil and Gas Board of Mississippi (Board), Getty Oil Company (Getty), and Shell Oil Company (Shell) appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County reversing an order of the Board granting Getty a permit to drill a wildcat gas well on a drilling unit of 640 acres.1

Getty owns oil and gas leases on extensive acreage in the southeast corner of Wayne County. Shell also owns leases in...

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