COX v. UNITED STATES

No. C-72-1100-CBR.

371 F.Supp. 1257 (1973)

James E. COX and Christine D. Cox, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

December 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Zang, Zang, Friedman & Damir, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

James L. Browning, Jr., Richard J. Sideman, U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION, ORDER AND JUDGMENT

RENFREW, District Judge.

Plaintiff taxpayers purchased certain real property for a long-term investment. After this purchase, an oil field was discovered under the property, but a subsequent underground intrusion of salt water into the oil-bearing strata caused an oil well on the property permanently to cease oil production. The intrusion of salt water did not cause any damage to the surface of the land, it did not...

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