61 F. Supp. 778 - Niles v. Luttrell’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
August 1976
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. · Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. Allen · Strange v. Hicks · Dinsmoor v. Combs · 55 Cal. App. 698 - Becker v. Submarine Oil Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““ * * * These implied obligations include that of exercising good faith and the sound discretion of a prudent operator to drill to a depth that is reasonably necessary to test the land. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. LeBar v. Haynie
How this case has been treated — in progress
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