Legal Opinion
Empire Oil & Refining Co. v. Hoyt
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1940No. 8181PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Empire Oil and Refining Company, appeals from a judgment of $8,092.00 in damages against it in favor of the appellee, Mabel Finch Hoyt. In 1930, appellee made a lease to the appellant on a royalty basis of one-eighth of the oil produced on forty acres of land located in proven oil territory in Porter Township, Midland County, Michigan, for the drilling, removal and sale of oil, under the terms of which appellant was authorized to drill wells and operate them at its risk and expense including the right to use contiguous surface land for that purpose.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BehymerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Daughetee v. Ohio Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Minnetonka Oil Co. v. HavilandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Peerless Manufacturing Co. v. BagleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Standard Oil Company of California v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Myers v. Shell Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1941
- DETROIT, T. & IR CO. v. BanningCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
- William Krentz, Administrator of the Estate of Roy P. Stewart, Jr. v. Union Carbide Corporation and Worthington CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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