Legal Opinion
Shatford v. Gulf Refining Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided May 10, 1946No. Civil Action No. 1761PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
On July 6, 1938, W. P. Beaird, E. W. Parks and Aileen Wells Parks, residents of Obion, Tennessee, executed a mineral lease in favor of W. W. Blocker, who, in turn, assigned it to the Gulf Refining Company on August 19, 1938. The lease provides that it shall remain in force for a term of ten years and as long thereafter as minerals are produced in paying quantities from the leased land, but on condition that the lessee commence a well on or before the anniversary date, or on or before that date the lessee shall pay to the lessors a rental of $640. It further provides…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Waterman v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. St. Louis Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Kelsey v. CrowtherSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Gautreaux v. HarangSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Berkow v. HammerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Gulf Refining Co. v. ShatfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947