Legal Opinion

Swan v. Duncan

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 8, 1920No. 10182PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from I listriet Court, Caddo County; Will Linn, Judge. Action by J. D. Swan and another against I. M. Duncan and another to cancel oil and gas lease. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

RAINEY, 0. J.

This action was filed in the district court of Caddo county by J. D. Swan and I,aura T. Swan against I. M. Duncan and the Keechi Oil and Gas Company, to cancel an oil and gas lease on a tract or land which the plaintiffs, as lessors, executed to the defendant L. M. Duncan, and which was by him assigned to the Keechi Oil and Gas Company.

The only provision of the lease material to a consideration of the case is as follows:

“Second party agrees to commence operation of drilling a well within ninety days from the date of this lease, in the vicinity of Cement, Oklahoma, to a depth of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Schock v. FishSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  2. Vickers v. Philip Carey Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  4. Crump v. LanhamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. Jones v. Oklahoma Planing Mill & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Parks v. Sinai Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. McLaughlin v. YinglingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  3. Armstrong v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  4. In Re Estate of McDadeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  5. McAllister v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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