CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. BLAIR

No. 52285.

397 So.2d 538 (1981)

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, known as Conoco, Inc. v. Warren L. Blair, James R. Blair, and Joe T. Blair.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie H. Southwick, John M. Grower, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, for appellant.

Martha W. Gerald, Walker L. Watters, William F. Blair, Gerald, Brand, Watters, Cox & Hemleben, Jackson, for appellees.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Continental Oil Company (Conoco) appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court of Clarke County ordering it to pay Warren L. Blair, James R. Blair, and Joe T. Blair $92,759.07 for damages sustained by them because of drainage of oil from a 38-acre drilling unit (Tract 31-11) in the Davis Field in Clarke County, in which they own three royalty acres. The chancellor found that the...

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