SANFORD v. ARJAY OIL CO.

Nos. 83-235, 83-236.

686 P.2d 566 (1984)

Norman Lee SANFORD, d/b/a TTT Ranch, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. ARJAY OIL COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellee (Defendant). ARJAY OIL COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellant (Defendant), v. Norman Lee SANFORD, d/b/a/ TTT Ranch, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Chapin and Charles S. Chapin, of Crowell & Chapin, P.C., Casper, for Norman Lee Sanford.

John R. Perry, of Goddard & Perry, Buffalo; and Lawrence A. Yonkee, of Redle, Yonkee & Arney, Sheridan, for Arjay Oil Company.

Before ROONEY, C.J., and THOMAS, ROSE, BROWN and CARDINE, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

This case concerns the correlative rights of the mineral lessee and the surface lessee to a particular tract of land. Norman Lee Sanford, as operator and manager of TTT Ranch, holds the right to graze livestock on 1,283.38 acres of land in Johnson and Natrona Counties. Arjay Oil Company (Arjay) leases and operates a number of oilwell sites on this acreage. In August, 1980, 75 head of Sanford's cattle ingested oil from various pits located on the leasehold...

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