COQUINA OIL CORP. v. HARRY KOURLIS RANCH

No. 81SA268.

643 P.2d 519 (1982)

COQUINA OIL CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation; N.F.C. Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation; and Hanson Oil Corporation, a New Mexico corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. HARRY KOURLIS RANCH, a Colorado general partnership, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedman, Hill & Robbins, David W. Robbins, Alan H. Friedman, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees.

Kourlis, Thornberry & Young, Rebecca L. Kourlis, Craig, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Clyde O. Martz, Denver, for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant.


LOHR, Justice.

Coquina Oil Corporation, N.F.C. Petroleum Corporation, and Hanson Oil Corporation (collectively, Coquina) appeal from the judgment of the Rio Blanco County District Court dismissing their petition in condemnation, which sought a private way of necessity across the land of the appellee, Harry Kourlis Ranch (Kourlis). The district court held that Coquina, a federal oil and gas lessee, could not assert the right to condemn private property for private...

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