Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Texas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1942No. 10168PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCPfESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, plaintiffs below, grantors in a mineral deed1 to 1,600 acres of land comprising 2% sections in Yoakum County, Texas, claiming that appellee, as assignee 2 of its grantee, had leased the land for a bonus,3 brought this suit to recover the *1000one-fourth thereof provided for in their deed. There was an alternative prayer for “the fair cash market value of the lease value of their interest” and for a cancellation of the leases to defendant as to depths below 5,500 feet. Defendant denied both, that it had received anything by way of bonus for the Patterson leases…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State Nat'l Bk. of Corpus Christi v. MorganTexas Supreme Court · 1940
- Taylor v. MerrillTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Cowden v. Broderick & Calvert, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1938
- Deeds v. DeedsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1921
- Texas Co. v. FontenotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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3Cited by19 opinions
- University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Morriss v. First Nat. Bank of MissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Griffith v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Wynn v. Sklar & Phillips Oil CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Carl L. Danielson and Pauline S. Danielson, Commissioner Ofinternal Revenue v. Helen P. Sherman, Commissioner Ofinternal Revenue v. Estate of Jacob F. Schaffner, Deceased, Elizabeth Schaffner and Erwin Marsch, Executors, and Elizabeth Schaffner, Commissionerof Internal Revenue v. Hugh E. McLennan and Katherine McLennanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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