Taylor v. Kimbell

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, who executed an oil, gas, and mineral lease under date of June 22, 1944, on their 760 acre tract of land located in Sections 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 12 Nortl^ Range 11 West, De Soto Parish, Louisiana, instituted proceedings against the defendants George T. Kimbell and Hassie Hunt Trust for the cancellation ■of that portion of the lease that had been assigned to the defendants and affecting •600 acres thereof, on the ground that it had expired under its own terms. In the alternative, they pray for the cancellation .of the lease with the exception of…