Legal Opinion
Smith v. Moody
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 4, 1936No. 4-4271PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This suit was brought to cancel an oil and gas lease upon the ground that the present owners of the lease, and their predecessors in title have failed properly to explore and develop it. An understanding of the issues upon which the decision turns requires a somewhat extended statement of the facts.
J. C. Moody, the landowner and the lessor, executed an oil and gas lease on March 28,1922, to H. M. Johnson, trustee, covering 360 acres of land. Johnson assigned the lease to Detroit-Summerfield Oil and Gas Company, which company assigned 20 acres of the lease to Imperial Oil and Gas Company. This…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mansfield Gas Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Ezzell v. Oil Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
- Millar v. MauneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
- Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana v. GillerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Mansfield Gas Co. v. ParkhillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ivy Ellis Mize and Wife, Voncile Mize v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Nolan v. ThomasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- Poindexter v. Lion Oil Refining Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
- Saulsberry v. SiegelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- W. M. Inman and Frances Inman, His Wife v. The Milwhite Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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