Goodwin v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana

BOOTH, District Judge.

This is a suit by appellant, plaintiff below, seeking to cancel an oil and gas lease for breach of covenant, to recover damages by reason of the breach, and to recover damages for certain acts of trespass on the leased lands. The lease was made April 21, 1919, by plaintiff to Arrendale & Hunt, and was later acquired by defendants. It covered the N. E. % and the fractional N. E. % of the S. E. % of section 36, township 17, range 16, and was in the usual form of such leases. The consideration recited was $1 and “the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained on the…