Legal Opinion
Walls v. Evans
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 1928No. 1494PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blume, Chief Justice.
The State Board of Land Commissioners, hereinafter called the Board, is, by Chapter 59, Wyo. Comp. Stat. 1920, authorized to grant oil or gas leases on state and school lands. Pursuant to this authority, it has been the custom to issue prospectors’ leases, which are granted for a limited time and which, if oil or gas is found on the land, may lead to the issuance of operating leases, either to the holder of the prospector’s léase or to some one else. The Commissioner of Public Lands is the Secretary of the Board, and as such receives the applications for all such leases,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- United States v. Thurston County, Neb.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- James v. Germania Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Bogan v. Edinburgh American Land Mortg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Gage v. GuntherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by8 opinions
- McKnight v. State Land BoardUtah Supreme Court · 1963
- Campbell v. Mason, SheriffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Wyodak Chemical Co. v. Board of Land CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1937
- Griffith v. NoonanWyoming Supreme Court · 1943
- State Ex Rel. Walls v. District CourtWyoming Supreme Court · 1928
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