Legal Opinion
Delatte v. Woods
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 25, 1957No. 43194PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
Plaintiffs1 instituted this suit to annul and cancel a mineral lease and extension thereof granted by them and presently held by the defendant.
The original contract of lease, dated October 24, 1951, was granted by plaintiffs to Woods Oil & Gas Company, Inc. for a primary term of two years, and covers a 60-acre tract of land located in the Valentine Field in the Parish of Lafourche.
The lease in controversy contained the customary stipulation that if operations for the drilling of a well should not be commenced within one year from its date the same should terminate as to both…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hunter Co. v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Le Blanc v. Danciger Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Union Oil Company of California v. TouchetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Crichton v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Hardy v. Union Producing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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- Rebstock v. Birthright Oil & Gas Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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