Humble Oil & Refining Company v. Williams

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• holding that a mineral owner is not liable for surface damage in connection with oil and gas operations on the property except in cases of negligence or excessive use
• surface owner who seeks damages from the mineral lessee must prove negligence or that more of the land was used than was reasonably necessary
• “[The surface owner’s] testimony that the road [the mineral lessee built] interfered with his grazing operations and was a nuisance to him is not evidence that the road was not reasonably necessary.”
• surface owner who seeks damages from the mineral lessee must prove negligence or that more of the land was used than was reasonably necessary
• surface owner who seeks damages from the mineral lessee must prove negligence or that more of the land was used than was reasonably necessary
• “A person who seeks to recover from the lessee for damages to the surface has the burden of alleging and proving either specific acts of negligence or that more of the land was used by the lessee 5 than was reasonably necessary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).