Legal Opinion
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Davis
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1927No. 695—4614PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, P. J.
J. L. Hill and wife, in 1921, owned 130 acres of land near Corsicana. It was their community homestead. On October 4, 1921, for a down payment of $120, they leased 20 acres of their land, for oil and gas purposes, to E. R. Davis and W. W. Bates. The pertinent portions of this lease read as follows:
“It is agreed that this lease shall remain in force for a term of five (5) years from this date, and, as long thereafter as oil or gas, or either of them, is produced from said land by the lessee.”
“If no well be commenced on said land on or before the 4th day of September, A. D. 1922, this lease…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hager v. StakesTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Caruthers v. LeonardTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Hale v. HollonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- White and Newman v. FrankTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- McLouth v. HurtTexas Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Sheffield v. HoggTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Gulf Production Co. v. Continental Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
- Superior Oil Co. v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
- Mitchell v. SimmsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Valentine Oil Co. v. PowersNebraska Supreme Court · 1953
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