Legal Opinion
Samuel G. Whitaker and Elizabeth Whitaker v. Texaco Inc. (Formerly Named the Texas Company), a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1960No. 6259_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
In this quiet title action appellants-plaintiffs, herein referred to jointly as the Whitakers, sued to obtain a declaration that an oil and gas lease given by them had terminated because of non-development within the primary term of *171the lease. The trial court held that the term had been extended by a well drilled off the leased land but within a spacing unit which had been established by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and which included a part of the leased premises.1 Jurisdiction is based on diversity.
On March 12, 1948, the Whitakers, as lessors, executed an…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Hawks v. HamillSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Clifton v. KoontzTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- Gypsy Oil Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- 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 by27 opinions
- Northern Natural Gas Company v. GroundsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Company, a Corporation v. Louis CasselCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Stewart v. Amerada Hess Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- LeBar v. HaynieWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
- Layton v. Pan American Petroleum CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
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