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43 C.F.R. § 9239.5-2   Oil.

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior

Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 9230—TRESPASS
Subpart 9239—Kinds of Trespass

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§ 9239.5-2   Oil.

For oil trespass in a State where there is no State law governing such trespass, the measure of damages will be as follows:

(a) Innocent trespass. Value of oil taken, less amount of expense incurred in taking the same.

(b) Willful trespass. Value of the oil taken without credit or deduction for the expense incurred by the wrongdoers in getting it. Mason v. United States (273 Fed. 135).

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