Legal Opinion
Tara Petroleum Corp. v. Hughey
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 9, 1981No. 53585PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Justice:
This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court of Greer County, Oklahoma, awarding $18,000 in additional royalties under an oil and gas lease to the plaintiff-lessor.
The property involved is described as lots 3 and 4 and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 5, township 5 north, range 23 west of the Indian Meridian, Greer County, Oklahoma. It contains some 161 acres.
In 1973 the four lessors, as the sole heirs of William F. Hughey, deceased, executed the lease to Tara Petroleum Corporation (“Tara”). Six months later Tara assigned the lease to an individual,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Lightcap v. Mobil Oil CorporationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1977
- J. M. Huber Corporation v. William Harvey Denman and Jay Pumphrey, Trustees of the Estate of S. B. Burnett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Zara Foster v. The Atlantic Refining Company, the Atlantic Refining Company v. Zara FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- McVicker v. Horn, Robinson & NathanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
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3Cited by42 opinions
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