Legal Opinion
Browning v. Cavanaugh
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 29, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
.STANLEY, Commissioner.
The question is whether an oil and gas lease of 170 acres executed by V. J. Cava-naugh and Lucile Cavanaugh, his wife, to Iley B. Browning on May 2, 1949, had terminated or been abandoned by him prior to March 24,1956. The appeal is from a judgment declaring the Browning lease had terminated.
In 1951 Browning drilled an oil well (No. 1) of small production. In 1953 he drilled (No. 2) a dry hole. About 1,600 barrels of oil were produced from well No. 1. The lessors received $334 in royalties in 1952, $137 in 1953, and $92 in 1954. The cost of these two wells exceeded…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eastern Kentucky Mineral & Timber Co. v. Swann-Day Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- J. J. Fagan & Co. v. BurnsMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
- Soaper v. KingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Western States Oil & Land Co. v. HelmsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Justice v. BurgessCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Vaughn v. HearrellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Cameron v. LebowCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Cameron v. LebowCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962