Oklahoma Vs. Texas

Oklahoma vs Texas

Type Court Judgment Court US Supreme Court Decided 1923

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Citation: sooperkanoon.com/94000
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided On: 1923
Case Number: 262 U.S. 505
Subject: Land Acquisition

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Land Acquisition

Key legal issue: Land Acquisition

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Oklahoma

Respondent

Texas

Excerpt

.....of the boundary between the states of texas and oklahoma on and along the south bank of red river are hereby ordered and directed also to survey and run upon the ground and to delineate upon a suitable plat the medial line between such state boundary and the northerly bank of such river for a total length of three miles at and in the vicinity of the river bed oil wells. in so surveying, running, and platting such medial line, the commissioners shall conform to the fifth paragraph of the decree entered herein march 12, 1923, entitled "supplement to partial decree of june 5, 1922," and shall ascertain and show on such plat the exact location of all oil wells which are within 300 feet of such medial line. the commissioners shall make a separate report of their action under this order, and shall include therein a statement of the time employed and the expenses incurred in that work. the work and report of the commissioners hereunder shall be subject to the approval of the court. copies of the report shall be promptly delivered to the two states and the united states, and exceptions or objections thereto, page 262 u. s. 506 if there be such on the part of either state, the united states, or any private intervener herein shall be presented to the court or, if it be not in session, filed with the clerk within 40 days after the report is made. the cost of executing this order shall be borne and paid as part of the expenses of the receivership.

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Oklahoma v. Texas - 262 U.S. 505 (1923)
U.S. Supreme Court Oklahoma v. Texas, 262 U.S. 505 (1923)

Oklahoma v. Texas

No. 18, Original

Order entered June 4, 1923

262 U.S. 505

I N EQUITY

SYLLABUS

Order directing Commissioners, heretofore appointed for locating and marking the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma on the south bank of Red River, to survey and plat also the medial line between that boundary and the northerly bank, in the vicinity of the oil wells; with provisions for report, objections, approval, and costs.

The commissioners heretofore designated herein to run, locate, and mark portions of the boundary between the States of Texas and Oklahoma on and along the south bank of Red River are hereby ordered and directed also to survey and run upon the ground and to delineate upon a suitable plat the medial line between such state boundary and the northerly bank of such river for a total length of three miles at and in the vicinity of the river bed oil wells. In so surveying, running, and platting such medial line, the commissioners shall conform to the fifth paragraph of the decree entered herein March 12, 1923, entitled "Supplement to partial decree of June 5, 1922," and shall ascertain and show on such plat the exact location of all oil wells which are within 300 feet of such medial line. The commissioners shall make a separate report of their action under this order, and shall include therein a statement of the time employed and the expenses incurred in that work. The work and report of the commissioners hereunder shall be subject to the approval of the Court. Copies of the report shall be promptly delivered to the two states and the United States, and exceptions or objections thereto,

Page 262 U. S. 506

if there be such on the part of either state, the United States, or any private intervener herein shall be presented to the Court or, if it be not in session, filed with the clerk within 40 days after the report is made. The cost of executing this order shall be borne and paid as part of the expenses of the receivership.

Same Parties Oklahoma vs Texas Same Subject Land Acquisition