Legal Opinion

C. C. Duke and C. T. Duke v. Sun Oil Company and Pan American Petroleum Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 25, 1963No. 19975PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*857JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal by the Lessors, we are confronted with the correctness of the Judge’s charge as given to the jury, his failure to give certain issues and instructions requested by the Lessors, and whether the Judge erred in granting the Lessees’ motion for partial summary judgment. These questions primarily involve a construction of an oil and gas lease to determine if the well involved was “producing gas only” within the meaning of the lease, and if so, whether shut-in gas royalty payments were timely made in the manner authorized by the lease. Although as to much…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Stephens County v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Waggoner Estate v. Sigler Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Clifton v. KoontzTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  5. The Texas Company v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1923

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3Cited by84 opinions

  1. Norman v. Apache Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. William W. Steinhort and Mildred Steinhort v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  3. Mrs. Jack D. Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  4. J. M. Huber Corporation v. William Harvey Denman and Jay Pumphrey, Trustees of the Estate of S. B. Burnett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Hydrocarbon Management, Inc. v. Tracker Exploration, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1993

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