Legal Opinion
Sun Oil Company, a Corporation v. Ruben P. Frantz, Also Known as R. P. Frantz and Alice Frantz, His Wife
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1961No. 6607PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellees-plaintiffs are lessors in an oil and gas lease made to appellant-defendant covering three noncontiguous tracts. Within the 10-year primary term lessee obtained commercial gas production from a well on the unit of which Tract 1 of the lease was a part but did not drill on leased Tracts 2 and 3. About two months after the expiration of the primary term, lessors sued for cancellation of the lease as to Tracts 2 and 3 alleging a breach of the implied covenant of further development. In the alternative they prayed for a judgment requiring diligent development.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Trust Co. Of Chicago v. Samedan Oil CorpCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Denker v. Mid-Continent Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
- Gregg v. Harper-Turner Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Townsend v. Creekmore-Rooney Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Carter Oil Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Margaret Chenoweth v. Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Formerly Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Supron Energy Corp.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1979
- Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Bokum Corporation, a New Mexico CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Sonat Exploration Co. v. Superior Oil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1985
- J. P. Rogers v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, (Two Cases). A. L. Hilbig v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Frank G. Boles and Katie M. Boles v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, (Seven Cases). Blanche Engel v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, (Two Cases). Robert W. Baughman and Helen E. Baughman, His Wife, Robert W. Baughman, Oliver S. Brown and Guy E. Spear, Executors and Trustees of the Estate of John W. Baughman, Deceased v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, A. L. Hilbig and Esther Mae Hilbig v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Lula Dunlap, H. Harold Dunlap, Pearl Pitcher, Robert L. Dunlap, Josephine Light, Marilyn E. Dunlap, Catherine C. Dunlap and Charles M. Light, Jr. v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, (Two Cases). Robert W. Baughman, Oliver Brown, and Guy E. Spear, Executors of the Estate of Ella Baughman, Deceased v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Goldie B. Dubois v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Alice Marjorie McGill and Sherley McGill v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Paul R. Packer v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Etta Hawk v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Orville Belile and Helena L. Belile v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, N. G. Morlan and Okel E. Morlan v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, E. D. Hampton and Flora Hampton v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, Merle W. Bloom, Mldred L. Bloom, Nellie J. Vail, L. A. Bloom, Mildred C. Bloom, Edna E. Headrick, Roy W. Headrick, Wilma A. Keating and James B. Keating v. Westhoma Oil Company, a Corporation, (Two Cases). Joseph A. Hanlin, Francis B. Hanlin, Mary J. Brewington and Ray Brewington v. Westhoma Oil Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
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