STAGG INDUS. DEV. v. GEN. OIL FIELD SUP.

Nos. 86-CA-2590-MR, 86-CA-2781-MR, 86-CA-2810-MR. 86-CA-2820-MR, and 86-CA-2850-MR.

743 S.W.2d 41 (1988)

STAGG INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. GENERAL OIL FIELD SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.; John S. Griffin; J.S.G. Petroleum; Richard E. Butler; Thomas J. Patton; Christiane C. Patton; Triangle Oil Partnership; William Branaman and William M. Deep, d/b/a Branaman & Deep Investments; C.A. Robinson; A.J. Vogel; Thomas L. Lang; William N. Sauer; Jacqueline Sauer; W.O. Wilson; M.J. Wilson; Arthur L. Hart; Marie M. Hart; W. Earl Reed; T.R. Swendseid; George Flahardy; James V. Irons; Carolyn S. Irons; Harold F. Forsyth; Edna M. Forsyth; Richard G. Proffit; Corbell Drilling & Construction Company, Inc.; C.A. Robinson, d/b/a Roustabout Service; Indiana Drilling Company, Inc.; Ken's Pump & Supply Company, Inc.; Schneider Farms, a Partnership; C.W. Hermes, d/b/a N.K.G. Marine Service; Palmer Oil Company; First National Bank of Henderson; Serv-Well Enterprises, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Halliburton Company; Sigma Drilling, Inc.; and Farm Bureau Oil Company, Appellees (Two Cases). Harold F. FORSYTH, Edna M. Forsyth, Thomas J. Patton, Christiane C. Patton, A.J. Vogel, William N. Sauer, Jacqueline Sauer, W.O. Wilson, M.J. Wilson, Arthur L. Hart, Marie M. Hart, W. Earl Reed, T.R. Swendseid, James V. Irons, Carolyn S. Irons, and Thomas L. Lang, Appellants, v. John S. GRIFFIN; J.S.G. Petroleum; Richard E. Butler; Triangle Oil Partnership; Stagg Industrial Development Corporation; William Branaman and William M. Deep, d/b/a Branaman & Deep Investments; C.A. Robinson; Corbell Drilling & Construction Company, Inc.; C.A. Robinson, d/b/a Roustabout Service; Indiana Drilling Company, Inc.; Ken's Pump & Supply Company, Inc.; Schneider Farms, a Partnership; C.W. Hermes, d/b/a N.K.G. Marine Service; Palmer Oil Company; First National Bank of Henderson; Serv-Well Enterprises, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Halliburton Company; Sigma Drilling, Inc.; Farm Bureau Oil Company; and General Oil Field Supply Company, Inc., Appellees. GENERAL OIL FIELD SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Richard E. BUTLER; Thomas J. Patton; Christiane C. Patton; Triangle Oil Partnership; Stagg Industrial Development Corporation; William Branaman and William M. Deep, d/b/a Branaman & Deep Investments; Indiana Drilling Company; A.J. Vogel; William N. Sauer; Jacqueline Sauer; W.O. Wilson; M.J. Wilson; Arthur L. Hart; Marie M. Hart; W. Earl Reed; T.R. Swendseid; James V. Irons; Harold F. Forsyth; Edna M. Forsyth, and George Flahardy, Appellees. C.A. ROBINSON, d/b/a Roustabout Service; and Indiana Drilling Company, Inc., Cross-Appellants, v. GENERAL OIL FIELD SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., John S. Griffin; Richard E. Butler; Thomas J. Patton; Christiane C. Patton; Triangle Oil Partnership; Stagg Industrial Development Corporation; William Branaman and William M. Deep, d/b/a Branaman & Deep Investments; A.J. Vogel; Thomas L. Lang; William N. Sauer; Jacqueline Sauer; W.O. Wilson; M.J. Wilson; Arthur L. Hart; Marie M. Hart; W. Earl Reed; T.R. Swendseid; James V. Irons; Carolyn S. Irons; Harold F. Forsyth; Edna M. Forsyth; Richard G. Proffit; Corbell Drilling & Construction Company, Inc.; Ken's Pump & Supply Company, Inc.; Schneider Farms, a Partnership; C.W. Hermes, d/b/a N.K.G. Marine Service; Palmer Oil Company; First National Bank of Henderson; Serv-Well Enterprises, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Halliburton Company; Sigma Drilling, Inc.; and Farm Bureau Oil Company, Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Sheffer, Carl B. Boyd, Jr., Henderson, for Stagg Indus. Development Corp.

Kenneth S. Kasacavage, Henderson, for General Oil Field Supply Co.

Harry L. Mathison, Henderson, for William Branaman & William Deep, d/b/a Branaman & Deep Investments; Corbell Drilling & Const. Co., Serv-Well Enterprises; and Palmer Oil Co.

Tommy Joe Fridy, Sebree, for First Nat. Bank of Henderson.

Russ Wilkey, Owensboro, for Sigma Drilling.

William B. Norment, Jr., Henderson, for Halliburton Co.

Joseph E. Ternes, Jr., Henderson, for John S. Griffin and J.S.G. Petroleum.

Doran E. Perdue, George E. Stigger, III, Evansville, Ind., for A.J. Vogel, Harold F. & Edna M. Forsyth, Arthur L. & Marie M. Hart, William N. & Jacqueline Sauer, W.O. & M.J. Wilson, W. Earl Reed, T.R. Swendseid, Thomas J. & Christiane C. Patton, and James V. & Carolyn S. Irons.

Steven D. Gold, Henderson, for Dresser Industries, Inc.

Leonard T. Mitchell, Henderson, for Schneider Farms, A Partnership.

Dane Shields, Henderson, for C.W. Hermes, d/b/a N.K.G. Marine Service, and Farm Bureau Oil Co.

Ronald L. Woodard, Henderson, for Ken's Pump & Supply Co.

Robert G. Hunt, Henderson, for C.A. Robinson, d/b/a Roustabout Service, and Indiana Drilling Co.

Charles R. McCollom, III, Henderson, Special Com'r.

Richard E. Butler, Henderson, Triangle Oil Partnership, Beverly Hills, Cal., Richard Proffit, Henderson, Thomas L. Lang, Evansville, Ind., George Flahardy, Robards, parties without counsel.

Before HOWERTON, C.J., and COMBS and McDONALD, JJ.


HOWERTON, Chief Judge.

This case involves a group of consolidated direct appeals from a judgment of the Henderson Circuit Court involving the liquidation of an oil and gas lease. The Henderson Circuit Court rejected a lien claim filed by Stagg Industrial Development Corporation (Stagg) against the lease based upon a contract for surface use as unnecessary to the development to the lease and therefore unlienable. The court...

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