Legal Opinion
W. A. Moncrief, Jr. And Joe J. Klabzuba v. Pasotex Petroleum Company, a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1960No. 6239_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
The dispositive question presented by this appeal is whether or not, under undisputed facts, the lessee of an oil and gas lease on restricted Oklahoma Indian lands has complied with the lease requirements so as to extend the lease beyond its primary term. Appellee-defend-ant is the lessee under the subject lease, one approved by the Department of Interior for Rosa Drake McCann, an enrolled full-blooded Choctaw Indian. Appellants-plaintiffs assert claim to the lands through a subsequent lease executed by the daughter and heir of the original allottee. 1
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Prowant v. SealySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Hicks v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Simons v. McDanielSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Champlin Refining Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Moncrief v. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Steinkuehler v. Hawkins Oil and Gas, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Little v. PageKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
- WONGBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1968