Legal Opinion
Denker v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1932No. 499PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Burchard Denker brought this suit against the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation to cancel an oil and gas lease on 166 acres of land entered into between Denker and Bina Denker, his wife, and Joe K. Barker on February 24, 1916. Such lease passed through assignments to the Petroleum Corporation, the present owner thereof.
The habendum clause of the lease reads as follows:
“It is agreed that this lease shall remain in force for a term of five years from this date, and as long thereafter as oil or gas, or either of them, is produced from said land by the lessee.”
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Gypsy Oil Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- South Penn Oil Co. v. SnodgrassWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- Pelham Petroleum Co. v. NorthSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Long v. Magnolia Petroleum CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1958
- Henry v. ClaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Meeker v. Ambassador Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Transport Oil Co. v. Exeter Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1948
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
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