COLPITT v. SKELLY OIL COMPANY

No. 43240.

499 P.2d 415 (1972)

C.R. COLPITT et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. SKELLY OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin & Erwin, Chandler, for plaintiffs in error.

William A. Vassar, Chandler, Phillip E. Tibey, Sam C. Oliver, Tulsa, for defendant in error.


LAVENDER, Justice:

This appeal, by the plaintiffs in the district court, C.R. Colpitt and others, involves the action of the defendant in error, Skelly Oil Company, while serving as the designated unit operator of a waterflood unit known as the "Sporn Unit" in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, in acquiring, by assignment, a producing oil and gas lease covering an 80-acre tract of land adjoining the "unit area." That tract of land...

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