Legal Opinion

Amerada Petroleum Co. v. Doering

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 9, 1937No. 8521PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON-, Circuit Judge.

The suit was brought to cancel an oil and gas lease, held by defendants Amerada Petroleum Corporation and Rycade Oil Corporation, upon 5,298.9 acres of land of plaintiffs, in Frio county, Tex., and for general equitable relief.

Plaintiffs contended that defendant lessees forfeited their rights under their lease on the land in question, and that such lease terminated by: (1) Failure to pay the rental due on October 27, 1934; (2) cessation of use of such land for the purposes for which it was leased during the period from March 29, 1934, to December 5, 1934; (3)…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Cosden Oil Co. v. ScarboroughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
  4. Brooks v. Arkansas-Louisiana Pipe Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
  5. Morgan v. Houston Oil Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Wisdom v. MinchenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. A. F. Buchanan and Wife, Celeste Buchanan v. Sinclair Oil & Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  3. Sinclair Oil & Gas Company v. R. B. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  4. Vitro Minerals Corp. v. Shoni Uranium Corp.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Romero. Romero v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952

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