Legal Opinion
Ashland Oil & Refining Company v. Carlton Beal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1955No. 15316PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue is whether appellee Beal is personally liable for one-fourth of the cost of drilling, developing and operating on 237.33 acres of the Elser oil and gas lease in Upton County, Texas, owned by Beal and Ashland in the proportions of one-fourth and three-fourths, respectively. The Elser lease secured by Beal on December 9, 1950, was on a total of 277.33 acres of land, but the Beal-Russell No. 1 well had been drilled on 40 acres in the northeast corner thereof prior to the transactions here involved. Beal had executed division orders to Ashland covering…
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