Printable Format55-501. Pipelines declared common carriers. All pipelines laid, built or maintained for the conveyance of crude oil within the state of Kansas are hereby declared to be common carriers, and said conveyance of said oil shall be in the manner and under the restrictions in this act provided.
History: L. 1905, ch. 315, ยง 1; February 28; R.S. 1923, 55-501.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Maximum rate case; section cited and construed. Tucker v. Railway Co., 82 K. 222, 225, 108 P. 89. Reversed: Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. v. Tucker, 230 U.S. 340, 33 S.Ct. 961, 57 L.Ed. 1507.
2. Implied covenant to develop held not breached; "prudent development" defined. Fischer v. Magnolia Petroleum Co., 156 K. 367, 379, 133 P.2d 95.
3. Section not applicable to oil pipe lines engaged in interstate commerce. State, ex rel., v. Sinclair Pipe Line Co., 180 K. 425, 426, 427, 433, 304 P.2d 930.
4. Jurisdiction of corporation commission; sale of part of interstate pipe line; requiring oil company to continue to buy oil. Sinclair Pipe Line Company v. Snyder, 147 F.Supp. 632, 635.