Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Corporation and Estate of William G. Helis v. Nicholas D. Olivier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1969No. 26296PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
The controversy began as a 'simple suit on a debt with Nicholas Olivier, the plaintiff-appellee, suing Humble Oil, one of the appellants, to recover overriding royalty payments carved out of an oil and gas lease on 57.36 acres of land in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Humble did not deny that it was producing as lessee under the lease alleged in the complaint, which we shall call the Cutrer-Olivier lease, nor did it challenge the validity of the assignment of overriding royalties alleged in the complaint. Rather, it took the position that it could not safely make…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Spence v. LucasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Sohio Petroleum Co. v. v. S. & P. R. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
- State ex rel. Busha's Heirs v. Register of ConveyancesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Green v. ChamberlainLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Olivier v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
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3Cited by17 opinions
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