Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Mitchell
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1954No. A-4550PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Culver
Petitioner, Perkins, leased to respondent, Mitchell, for oil and gas a tract of 203.4 acres in Hockley County. Thereafter the lease was assigned to Shield, a party defendant, who drilled one well in N.E. corner of tract. This well produced considerable gas but little oil. Shield then retaining a 40-acre tract in the form of a square in N.E. corner, reassigned the remainder (163.4 acres) to Mitchell.
No further drilling was undertaken and Perkins sued Shield and Mitchell to cancel the lease or in the alternative to require defendants to develop the property.
On trial the court instructed the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ford Butane Eq. Co. v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1949
- Texas Indemnity Ins. Co. v. BridgesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Merritt v. KingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- Mitchell v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
3Cited by14 opinions
- Felmont Oil Corp. v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Stuckey v. Union Mortgage & Investment CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Billingsley v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Texas Oil & Gas Corporation v. VelaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Sinclair Oil & Gas Company v. R. B. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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