Legal Opinion
Midstates Oil Corp. v. Waller Waller v. Midstates Oil Corp
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1953No. 14436_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
This suit involves a provision in an oil and gas lease and calls for the interpretation of an overriding royalty clause and a unitization and pressure maintenance agreement. The plaintiff lessee, Mid-states Oil Corporation, has appealed from a judgment on the pleadings entered by the District Court holding that the defendant lessors, Paul Dale Waller, et al., are entitled to an overriding royalty and ordering an accounting. The defendants have also appealed from that portion of the judgment which rejected their demands for attorneys’ fees, cancellation of the lease, and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. SoileauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Trainor Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Tyson v. Surf Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Sim v. EdenbornSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company v. Export Drum Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. v. George P. Mitchell, George P. Mitchell v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- The Union Bank of Benton, Arkansas v. The First National Bank in Mount Pleasant, TexasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Wurzlow v. Placid Oil CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Hodson v. HodsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
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