Legal Opinion
Carter Oil Co. v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1939No. 1740, 1741PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
On October 4, 1916, A. Mitchell and Dora Mitchell, his wife, executed and delivered to B. T. Head an oil and gas lease upon 200 acres of land in Carter County; Oklahoma. The lease in part read as follows :
“It is agreed that this lease shall remain in force for a term of Five years from this date, and as long thereafter as oil and gas, or either of them, is produced from said land by the lessee.”
Head duly assigned the lease to the Carter Oil Company.
On April 27, 1935, the original lessors conveyed a portion of the leased premises to Oscar L. Mitchell.
On March 7, 1936,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Pelham Petroleum Co. v. NorthSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
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3Cited by11 opinions
- White v. Conoco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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- Gerson v. Anderson-Prichard Production Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
- Eagle Oil Co. v. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Sun Oil Company, a Corporation v. Ruben P. Frantz, Also Known as R. P. Frantz and Alice Frantz, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
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