Jones v. Forest Oil Co.
Citations
- 194 Pa. 379
- 44 A. 1074
- 1900 Pa. LEXIS 396
Syllabus
<p>Mines and mining — Use of gas pump in oil well — Injunction—Equity.</p> <p>An injunction will not be granted to restrain the use of a gas pump in an oil well, where it appears that gas pumps have been in constant use in all oil fields except one, to a greater or less extent, since the discovery of oil; that they are only used in wells in territory almost exhausted; that their cost is within the reach of all operators, and, when used by all, none is injured.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- indicating that, absent physical intrusion, a developer may use “all the skill and invention of which a man is capable” to appropriate resources from under his own property
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Judges: Brown, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court· 1900-04-09· cited 254×
- Gas Products Co. v. RankinMontana Supreme Court· 1922-05-18· cited 62×
- White v. New York State Natural Gas CorporationW.D. Pennsylvania· 1960-12-29· cited 21×
- United Carbon Co. v. Campbellsville Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-07-02· cited 8×
- Utilities Production Corp. v. Carter Oil Co.N.D. Oklahoma· 1933-01-10· cited 7×
- Briggs v. Sw. Energy Prod. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-04-02· cited 5×
- Couch v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-09-22· cited 5×
- Petroleum Exploration v. CommissionerU.S. Tax Court· 1951-02-05· cited 2×
- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-22
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. ConnelleeTexas Commission of Appeals· 1929-10-16
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