Legal Opinion
Hood v. Southern Production Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 14, 1944No. 37121PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NEILL, Chief Justice.
This is a suit to annul an oil and gas lease on the ground that the lessee failed to comply with a stipulation to drill offset wells to prevent the draining of gas from the leased premises. The judge of the district court after hearing the case on its merits gave judgment for the plaintiff annulling the lease. The defendants, Southern Production ' Company, original lessee, and the Amerada Petroleum Corporation, assignee of part of the lease, are appealing from the decision.
The lease was granted by J. M. Hood to the Southern Production Company on January 10, 1941, for a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Orr v. Comar Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- McCoy v. State Line Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Stanley v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
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