Legal Opinion
Cockburn v. O'MEARA
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1944No. 10783PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by James F. O’Meara, a citizen of Cook County, Illinois, against H. C. Cockburn, a citizen of Harris County, Texas, for damages arising out of an alleged breach of contract to drill a well on land in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
The contract was made, executed, and delivered in Houston, Texas, and provided that O’Meara, as owner of certain oil and gas leases covering lands in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in consideration of the sum of $1 and the further consideration stated, “does hereby bargain, sell, transfer, assign, and convey all rights, title and…
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