# Champlin Refining Co. v. Aladdin Petroleum Corp.

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · July 17, 1951 · 205 Okla. 524

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9552862

## Case

- **Full name:** CHAMPLIN REFINING CO. Et Al. v. ALADDIN PETROLEUM CORP. Et Al.; CHAMPLIN REFINING CO. v. OLDHAM Et Al.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** July 17, 1951
- **Citations:** 205 Okla. 524; 238 P.2d 827; 1 Oil & Gas Rep. 93; 1951 OK 207; 1951 Okla. LEXIS 706
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Luttrell
- **Judges:** Johnson, Welch, Corn, Gibson, O'Neal, Luttrell, Davison, Halley
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LUTTRELL, V.C.J.
(dissenting in part). I dissent to that part of the opinion allowing Champlin costs expended in drilling the nonproductive well. The cost of the drilling of such well conferred no benefit upon the property, and added no value thereto. I am unable to see how Champlin is entitled to offset the cost of drilling a dry hole against the value of the oil and gas for which it is liable. In allowing the actual cost of drilling productive wells, such allowance is upon the theory that the property has been benefited to the extent of such drilling costs. Here the dry hole added nothing to the value, and, in my opinion, the cost thereof should not be allowed as an offset.

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