Caddo Oil & Mining Co. v. Producers' Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; E. W. Sutherlin, Judge. Action by the Caddo Oil & Mining Company against the Producers’ Oil Company to annul a gas and oil lease. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This suit was brought by the Caddo Oil & Mining Company against the Producers’ Oil Company for a decree annulling and setting aside a gas and oil lease.
Plaintiff owns 113.1 acres of land within a few hundred yards of Oil City, in Caddo parish. The land is in possession of the Producers’ Oil Company under a contract entered into with plaintiff about the 18th day of March, 1907.
Plaintiff’s contention is that the contract is illegal and null, because the Producers’ Oil Company, in one of the clauses of the contract, expressly reserved the right to abandon the premises at will and remove all its…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Brown v. SpilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Busch-Everett Co. v. Vivian Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
3Cited by31 opinions
- Frey v. Amoco Production Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- Nabors v. Producers' Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Blanchard v. HaberSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Cochran v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Lieber v. Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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