Legal Opinion
J. A. Harper v. Hudson Gas & Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1962No. 18895PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This appeal attacks the Trial Court’s decision upholding the validity of the appellee’s oil and gas lease. The question is whether production from a well not on the leased lands but on lands within a pooled unit which included part of the leased land sufficed to keep this particular lease in force as to the lands included in the unit.
The facts essential to our decision are not in dispute. On February 18, 1955, Hudson acquired a lease executed on April 4, 1945. It would expire on April 4, 1955 unless some steps were taken by Hudson to keep it alive. The following provisions…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Newman Brothers Drill. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1957
- Wilcox v. Shell Oil CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Producers Oil & Gas Co. v. Continental Securities Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Odom v. Union Producing CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Harper v. Hudson Gas & Oil Corp.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1960
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Boutte v. Chevron Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- Ivy Ellis Mize and Wife, Voncile Mize v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Owens v. Superior Oil Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
- LeSage v. Union Producing Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Asberry v. Saint Joseph Petroleum, Div. Beaver Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
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