Legal Opinion
Hunter Co. v. McHugh
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 1943No. 25PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant is the lessee under an oil and gas lease of 190 acres in the Logansport Field in Louisiana. Under permit from the state it has drilled a well on the leased area, which was completed about June 1, 1938, and came into production in December, 1940. To enable it to reach a market for the natural gas produced by this well, appellant has constructed and owns a pipe line which extends from its well to the line of the United Gas Pipe Line Company.
“For the prevention of waste and to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells,” § 8 (b) of Act No. 157 of the Louisiana Acts of 1940, authorizes the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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