Legal Opinion
Ricketts v. Hiawatha Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 9, 1945PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Harris
Affirming.
The city of Uniontown, a municipality of the fifth class, is the owner in fee simple of a 200-acre tract of land lying between Water Street and the Ohio river. See City of Uniontown v. Berry, 72 S. W. 295, 24 Ky. Law Rep. 1692. On August 5, 1940, the city executed to one Sylvester Yunker an oil and gas lease on this acreage for a period of five years, and for so long thereafter as oil or gas should be produced, but in no event for a longer period than 20 years. By mesne assignments the lease, which is in the usual form and tenor of oil .and gas…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cummings v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Williams v. McKenzieCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Bedford-Nugent Co., Inc. v. ArgueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Frankfort Kentucky Natural Gas Co. v. City of FrankfortCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Clift v. RiceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Almeida Bus Lines, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Village of Park Forest v. La Salle National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Meahl v. City of HendersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956