Legal Opinion
Oldfield v. Gypsy Oil & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 11, 1926No. 16641PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
STEPHENSON, 0.
The Gypsy Oil Company, and the Waite Phillips Oil Company were the lessees and assigns of what is known as an “unless” form of oil and gas lease. The lease provided that if development was not commenced within a given time, the instrument should become null and void, unless a rental payment was made by the 19th day of January, 1924. Development was not commenced on the property, and the Gypsy Oil Company, on the 28th da5' of December, 1923, forwarded a draft by registered letter, addressed to the Stillwater National Bank, which was the depository for the rental…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frank Oil Co. v. Belleview Gas & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Eastern Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Brunson v. Carter Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1919
- Melton v. Cherokee Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Brunson v. Carter Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1919
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Simons v. McDanielSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Hill v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1949
- Gloyd v. Midwest Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Ellison v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
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