Leonard v. Busch-Everett Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Two actions by A. H. Leonard against the Busch-Everett Company, consolidated. From judgments for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
In these two cases, the plaintiff sued to annul and cancel two certain oil and gas leases, of date February 24, 1909, one by the Huron Land Company and Clarence Ellerbe, and the other by A. H. Leonard, to the Busch-Everett Company. Leonard subsequently acquired the titles of the Huron Land Company and of Ellerbe to the lands leased by them to the defendant.
The lease from the Huron Land Company and Ellerbe included 5,226 acres, more or less, and the initial consideration was the sum of $1,306, or 25 cents per acre. The lease was made on the following conditions:
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Saunders v. Busch-Everett Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Sitman v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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- Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. BrattonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Smith v. Carter Oil Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1952
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