Legal Opinion
O'Neal v. Union Producing Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 20, 1944No. Civil Action No. 108PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
At the pre-trial hearing, report of which was filed July 21, 1944, there was reserved, for later ruling, the question of the meaning of the third and last clause of the provision for royalties under the lease. Briefs were to be filed within ten days. On July 27 defendant filed its brief, but so far, there is no brief for plaintiff in the record.
The three royalty provisions are quoted in full as follows:
“1st. To deliver to the credit of lessor, free of cost, in the pipe line to which he may connect his wells, the equal one-eighth of all oil produced and saved from said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. ConnelleeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Mussellem v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Wemple v. Producers' Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Coyle v. Louisiana Gas & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Gilbreath v. States Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Celestine Barby and Helen Barby v. Cabot CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972