Legal Opinion
Walden v. Potts
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 31, 1944No. 31539PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHurst, J.
This is a suit to cancel an oil and gas lease on 80 acres of land in Pottawatomie county. The question is whether, under the facts and special terms of the lease, the lease had terminated.
Prior to September, 1940, a well for oil and gas purposes had been drilled upon the land, but it was abandoned and plugged. However, some oil was found in the well and it continued to flow some after it was plugged. On September 17, 1940, the plaintiffs, owners of the land, executed and delivered to W. W. Walden an oil and gas lease thereon. The lease contained these special provisions:
“It is agreed that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gypsy Oil Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Woodruff v. BradySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Pine v. WebsterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
3Cited by23 opinions
- Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1969
- Stewart v. Amerada Hess Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Samuel G. Whitaker and Elizabeth Whitaker v. Texaco Inc. (Formerly Named the Texas Company), a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Henry v. ClaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
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