Long v. Sun Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; E. W. Sutherlin, Judge. Action by Mrs. W. A. Long against the Sun Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, de- fendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The plaintiff instituted suit against the defendant to have a lease canceled and erased from the .records. It is a mineral lease drawn in the form of such leases, but it partakes of both a sale and a lease. Plaintiff conveyed all the oil, gas, coal, sulphur, lignite, and salt on the land to defendant with the right to enter upon the land for mining and drilling purposes and operating for oil and other minerals, with the right also of erecting buildings, pipes, and machinery to operate oil and other wells.
The defendant obligated itself to commence the drilling of a well within six months from…
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