Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Curtis
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
Decided July 18, 1949No. Civ. No. 2470PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICE, Chief Judge.
The essential facts in this case are not in dispute.
Plaintiff acquired by assignment an oil and gas lease which had been executed October 4, 1946, by the defendants, Joe W. Curtis and his wife, Lois B.- Curtis, covering an undivided % interest in the Southwest Quarter-, of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 3 North, Range 3 West, Garvin County, Oklahoma. The lease in'question is what is commonly referred to by oil men as an “unless” lease. It contains the following language: “If no well be commenced on said land on or before the 4th day of October, 1947, the lease…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Frank Oil Co. v. Belleview Gas & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Garfield Oil Co. v. ChamplinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Cohn v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Curtis v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Mitchell v. ProbstSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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