Legal Opinion
Wadkins v. Wilson Oil Corporation
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 2, 1942No. 36393PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a suit by the lessors against the lessee to rescind and cancel from the public records an oil, gas, and mineral lease covering 40 acres of land in the Pine Island Field of Caddo Parish.
The plaintiffs claim that the defendant has forfeited the lease because of its failure to fully develop, under the implied obligations of the lease, the leased premises for their mutual benefit, in accordance with the new and successful methods of development used by others in this chalk rock stratum oil field.
The defendant contends that it had developed the land according to its…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Smith v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Brown v. Sugar Creek SyndicateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Caldwell v. Alton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Johnson v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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3Cited by21 opinions
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