Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Mud Branch Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 15, 1937PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Stites
Reversing.
Appellant, Jesse Hodges, who was the plaintiff below, brought this suit to secure the cancellation of an oil and gas lease covering a 70-acre tract of land owned hy him in Hart county. The lease was executed in October, 1930. It was provided therein that if no well was commenced within six months the lease should terminate. It was also provided that the lease should continue as long “as oil or gas or either of them is produced from said land by the lessee.” By a subsequent agreement, it was provided that the drilling of a well within the time…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dinsmoor v. CombsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Carroll Gas & Oil Co. v. SkaggsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Lawrence Oil Corporation v. MetcalfeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Austin v. Ohio Fuel Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
- Highfield Co. v. KirkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
3Cited by7 opinions
- Doss Oil Royalty Co. v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Cameron v. LebowCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Ivy Ellis Mize and Wife, Voncile Mize v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- B. & B. OIL CO. v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
- Ellis v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
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