AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. CARTER FARMS CO.

No. 15644.

703 P.2d 894 (1985)

103 N.M. 117

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. CARTER FARMS COMPANY, A Limited Partnership, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atwood, Malone, Mann & Turner, Russell D. Mann, Charles F. Malone, Roswell, for petitioner.

McCormick & Forbes, Michael E. Dargel, Jay W. Forbes, Carlsbad, for respondent.

Poole, Tinnin & Martin, Marshall G. Martin, John W. Anderson, Robert H. Jacobvitz, Albuquerque, amicus curiae NM Cattle Growers Assoc., NM Farm & Livestock Bureau, NM Wool Growers Assoc.

Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Stuart D. Shanor, John S. Nelson, Michael F. Millerick, Roswell, amicus curiae Exxon, Pennzoil, Atlantic Richfield, Superior Oil, Energy Reserves Group, Santa Fe Energy Co., Texaco.


OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

Carter Farms Company, (Carter Farms), a limited partnership brought suit in the District Court of Eddy County to recover damages for the alleged negligent construction and operation of Amoco Production Company's (Amoco) drilling site and the alleged willful and wanton refusal by Amoco to restore the area in question to the condition it was in prior to the commencement of its oil and gas operations. Amoco filed an answer denying...

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