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CENTRAL SOUTHWEST OIL CORP. v. BELL PETROLEUM CO.

Civ. No. 9094.

346 F.Supp. 831 (1972)

CENTRAL SOUTHWEST OIL CORPORATION, a New Mexico corporation, Plaintiff, v. BELL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a California corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

August 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. B. Christy IV, Jennings, Christy & Copple, Roswell, N. M., for plaintiff.

Don G. McCormick, McCormick, Paine & Forbes, Carlsbad, N. M., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MECHEM, District Judge.

The plaintiff corporation, managed by Thomas Allen, took an assignment of Federal Oil & Gas Lease No. NM-12257 containing about 1,720 acres, which were located entirely within the high water line of McMillan Reservoir, Eddy County, New Mexico.

The lease contains a Bureau of Reclamation restriction which prohibits drilling below the 3,270-foot contour line, which is 300 feet above the high water line...

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