Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Holcomb
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1939No. 776PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this suit to annul a mineral lease because of the alleged violation of certain provisions thereof, and, in the alternative, first, for an injunction to restrain production from adjoining property because of alleged drainage, and secondly, for damages.
The answer denies the material allegations upon which recovery is sought and *939pleads specifically conditions which it is claimed justified the course pursued by defendants.
The plaintiff, Arno R. Dillon, claimed the ownership of an irregular tract of land, embracing 40 acres in round figures, situated in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pelham Petroleum Co. v. NorthSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Steel v. American Oil Development Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Amerada Petroleum Co. v. DoeringCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Roberts v. United Carbon Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Cowden v. Texas Development Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dillon v. HolcombCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Billeaud Planters Inc. v. Union Oil Co. of Cal.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1956