Valer Oil Co. v. Souza

This is an appeal from three judgments, in separate actions consolidated for trial, quieting the title of the respondents to certain real property in San Mateo County, awarding them damages and attorneys’ fees for slander of title, and decreeing that four oil and gas leases had terminated. The various respondents are the lessors; the various appellants are the lessees and their assignees. Although there are certain variations in the facts and contentions relating to each of the leases, the basic question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court correctly concluded that the rights of…