Legal Opinion
Feland v. Placid Oil Company
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1969No. Civ. 8548PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TEIGEN, Chief Justice.
The question to be resolved in this case is: What is the effect of a shut-in for a period of nine months of a producing oil well under a clause in the lease, commonly referred to as a “thereafter” clause, which provides that after the primary term has expired the lease shall continue in effect “as long thereafter as oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline or any of them is produced from said leased premises, * * *»?
The oil well in question was shut in for the reason that the salt water disposal pit was filled and the operator claims it was not reasonable, under the…
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