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- Title: Hartman Ranch Co. V. Associated Oil Co.
- Author : Supreme Court Of California In Bank
- Release Date : January 26, 1937
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 84 KB
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THE COURT. Plaintiff Hartman Ranch Company is the owner of land subject to an oil and gas lease, which provides for a 1/8 royalty to the lessor on all oil and other substances produced. Said lease was executed on October 18, 1913, to Joseph B. Dabney as lessee. Lloyd, Miley and Buley thereafter became coowners of the lease with Dabney. Defendant Associated Oil Company is in possession of said land, either as an assignee or sublessee through the aforesaid parties, and is producing oil therefrom. Said defendant is a sublessee of the land adjoining the property of plaintiff on the south. The contention of plaintiff is that the defendant by active and intensive drilling operations on this southern tract, referred to as the Lloyd lease, is draining oil from the Hartman property. Plaintiff contends that the failure of the defendant to drill additional wells on the Hartman property constitutes a breach of an implied covenant in the Hartman lease to protect the lands from drainage. Plaintiff sued to recover lessor's royalty lost through the alleged drainage. It also prayed for forfeiture of the lease for the alleged breach of said implied covenant.