CITY OF ATTICA v. MULL DRILLING CO.

No. 54,256

9 Kan. App. 2d 325 (1984)

676 P.2d 769

CITY OF ATTICA, KANSAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MULL DRILLING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myrlen L. Bell and Robert W. Christensen, of Hall & Bell, of Medicine Lodge, for appellant.

David S. Wooding and Robert Martin, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Triplett & Wallace, of Wichita, for appellees Mull Drilling Company, Inc.

Kenneth Clark, of Gott, Young & Bogle, of Wichita, for appellee Amoco Production Company.

Richard D. Greene, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, of Wichita, for appellee Drillers Production Company, Inc.

Donald W. Bostwick, of Adams, Jones, Robinson & Malone, of Wichita, for appellee Exxon Corporation.

Robert C. Martindell, of Martindell, Carey, Hunter & Dunn, of Hutchinson, for appellee General American Oil Company of Texas.

Evan J. Olson, of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, of Wichita, for appellees The Superior Oil Company and Mobil Oil Corporation.

L. Patricia Casey, special assistant attorney general, for appellee Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Before MEYER, P.J., ABBOTT and SWINEHART, JJ.


MEYER, J.:

Appellant City of Attica, Kansas (plaintiff) appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of appellees Mull Drilling Company, Inc., et al. (defendants), in an action for damages based on nuisance and trespass.

Plaintiff's action was based upon the saltwater contamination of several water wells used by plaintiff as the source for its municipal water supply system. Such contamination allegedly occurred as a result of defendants' drilling...

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