Legal Opinion
Whelan v. R. Lacy, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 12, 1952No. 6627PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Chief Justice.
On April 21, 1936, Mrs. Jennie Little, widow of L. Z. Little, executed an oil and gas lease to D. R. Johnson for a primary term of ten years covering an undivided one-half interest in a tract of 221.18 acres, more or less, of the S. N. Hall Survey in Harrison County. This tract of land will hereafter be referred to as 220 acres, and the lease as the Johnson lease. This lease was later assigned to R. Lacy, who began a well for gas on said premises in April, 1946.
The suit in the court below so far as this appeal is concerned, had for its purpose the cancellation of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCallister v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Fast v. WhitneyWyoming Supreme Court · 1920
- Guleke v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Terry v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Robinson v. Gordon Oil Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Petersen v. Robinson Oil & Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- Anderson v. Hess Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Johnson v. Yates Petroleum Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
- Gray v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1992
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