CITY OF HARTSHORNE v. MARATHON OIL CO.

No. 50105.

593 P.2d 97 (1979)

CITY OF HARTSHORNE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee, v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY and Amoco Production Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layden & Layden, McAlester, for appellee.

McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks & Woodruff, by Judson S. Woodruff and Philip D. Hart, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Marathon Oil Co.

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, by C. Harold Thweatt, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Amoco Production Co.


DOOLIN, Justice:

The City of Hartshorne (City) enacted ordinance 412 dated October 5, 1970. Section 2(a) of this ordinance provides:

"2. Permits for drilling, maintaining and operating oil and gas wells in the City of Hartshorne shall be granted only after the following conditions have been met and performed: (a) That payment of $100.00 shall be made to the City Clerk for the issuance of such permit and...

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