Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Edgar W. Sutherlin, Judge. Action by Herbert Rives and others against the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana. Prom judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs declare upon a contract of lease to defendant of oil land in the Caddo oil field; and they attach to and make part of their petition the said contract.
The contract employs terms indicating that it is both a lease and a sale. It has features common to either or both of said contracts; and at times plaintiffs and defendants argue that it is a lease, and at other times that it is a sale. The nature of the contract indicates that it is neither a lease nor a sale.
Defendant in its answer refers to the contract as a mineral contract. It further answers that plaintiffs failed to deliver to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Geer v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Brown v. SpilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Heller v. DaileyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
- Gleason v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Gulf Refining Co. of Louisiana v. GlassellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Reagan v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Logan v. State Gravel Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Hanby v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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