Legal Opinion
Reagan v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 7, 1958No. 43553PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This suit and its companion, Jones v. Sun Oil Company (Murphy), 235 La. 554, 105 So.2d 219, present for determination the question whether the liberative prescription of 10 years can be properly applied to a mineral lease. There is no dispute as to the salient facts of the cases, which have been stipulated by the parties and are identical.
On December 11, 1941, J. E. Holt granted a mineral lease to Murphy covering some 19,281 acres of land owned by him in Franklin Parish for a consideration of $5,000 cash and certain royalties to be paid by the lessee (%th on oil and gas) on…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Gulf Refining Co. of Louisiana v. GlassellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Lee v. GiauqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Arnold v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
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3Cited by65 opinions
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