Williams v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of De Soto; James G. Palmer, Judge. Action by C. C. Williams against W. B. McCormick. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment annulling a contract purporting to be a mineral lease, similar to the contract decreed null in the case of Bettie Bristo v. Christine Oil & Gas Co., 71 South. 521,1 decided to-day. In the present case it appears that the plaintiff accepted and drew out the money which the defendant had deposited in bank with a view of preventing the forfeiture of the lease. The deposit was not made, however, until more than a year after the option was forfeited by the defendant’s failure to drill a well within the year after the signing of the contract. The suit was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bristo v. Christine Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- McMikle v. O'NEALLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968