Prince v. Standard Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish, of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Suit by Alonzo W. Prince and others against the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
On June 27, 1914, A. W. Prince leased to the Standard Oil Company 349 acres of land in Bossier parish to be developed for oil and gas. Defendant paid $349.50 cash on the date of the lease, and stipulated that the lease might be renewed from quarter to quarter for two additional years by lessee paying to the lessor the sum of $87.38 per quarter.
Subsequently Prince sold the property to W. C. Horton; and on the same day Horton sold to Prince one-third of the minerals in the land. Subsequent to that date Prince sold one-half of his one-third interest in the minerals to T. K. Giddens and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Green v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
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- Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Meyer v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Pension & Relief Fund for City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Watchorn v. Roxana Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Robinson v. Gordon Oil Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932
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