Legal Opinion
Superior Oil Co. v. Devon Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1979No. 78-1760PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENSON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the district court cancelling an oil and gas lease for breach of an implied covenant to further develop the lease, and from a Rule 41(b) dismissal of some of the defendants in the action.
In 1949 Harlen C. and Velma R. Olsen executed an oil and gas lease in favor of plaintiff Superior Oil Company (Superior) covering 3,440 acres of land in Banner County, Nebraska. The lease was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Banner County. The primary term of the lease was ten years and “as long thereafter as oil, gas, ...…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Clifton v. KoontzTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- Doss Oil Royalty Co. v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Howerton v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States ex rel. General Electric Supply Co. v. Wiring, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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