Legal Opinion
Arkansas Natural Gas Co. v. Sartor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1935No. 7467, 7522PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
These cases present an appeal by defendant and a cross-appeal by plaintiffs from the same judgment and may be conveniently disposed of by one opinion. To avoid confusion the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the Dis trict Court. The suit was filed on March 20, 1933, by James M. Sartor, Frank B. Sartor, and Daniel R. Sartor, owners of three-fifths of a royalty of one-eighth of the gas produced from an oil and gas lease. Payments had been made and accepted at the rate of 3 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of gas. Plaintiffs alleged that the rate should have been at…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Montana Railway Co. v. WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. Oregon Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Hyman v. Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Kerr v. South Park CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Corsey v. State, Through Dept. of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Plaquemines Par. Com'n Council v. Delta Dev. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Texas Oil & Gas Corporation v. VelaTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Richard S. Prather v. Neva Paperbacks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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