Cockburn v. O'Meara

LEE, Circuit Judge.

This is the second appeal in this case. The facts and the issues on the first appeal are fully reported in 141 F.2d 779, and only a brief review of them is now necessary.

James F. O’Meara, a citizen of Cook County, Illinois, assigned to H. C. Cockburn, a citizen of Harris County, Texas, certain oil and gas leases covering one acre of land in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, on April 6, 1940, for the consideration of $1 and the drilling of a well for oil or gas. Cockburn agreed to commence the actual drilling of the well not later than the 25th day of April, 1940, and to proceed…