CUMBERLAND OPERATING CO. v. OGEZ

No. 63015.

769 P.2d 105 (1988)

CUMBERLAND OPERATING COMPANY, Appellee, v. John L. OGEZ, Chairman of the Board of Lincoln County Commissioners, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson, Cadenhead & Kite by Bill Dawson, Seminole, for appellee.

Bill Roberson, Dist. Atty. of Lincoln County by David Welch, Chandler, for appellants.


DOOLIN, Chief Justice.

We address two questions today: first, whether salt water disposal is necessary for the production of oil and gas, thereby exempting a salt water disposal well from payment of ad valorem taxes upon payment of gross production taxes; second, if the answer to the first question is affirmative, whether the tax on the salt water disposal well should be apportioned on a pro rata basis so that the proportion...

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