Legal Opinion
Layton v. Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 11, 1963No. 40098PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
The plaintiffs in error, hereafter referred to as plaintiffs, are the owners of 273 acres of land in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. On June 1, 1954, they executed an oil and gas lease to one W. A. Burton, Jr. for a primary term of five years. This land is located in a gas spacing unit of 640 acres created by the Corporation Commission. No well has ever been drilled upon the land of plaintiffs. This suit was brought against the defendants, the owners of the 1954 lease, to cancel same. From an adverse judgment, the plaintiffs appeal.
There had been a previous suit brought by one…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- State Ex Rel. Roth v. WaterfieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Anderson v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1957
- Wood Oil Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Cameron v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- HALL v. GALMORSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2018
- Ward v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Company v. LongSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- Atlantic Richfield Co. v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
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