Legal Opinion
Shell Petroleum Corporation v. Shore
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1934No. 925, 926PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
William Shore and Hattie May Shore, husband and wife, instituted this suit against Shell Petroleum Corporation for the recovery of damages. The Shores executed an oil and gas lease to Roxana Petroleum Corporation on August 8,1923, covering 200 acres of land in a compact body situated in Sumner county, Kan. The lease contained a covenant of -warranty of tille, the usual royalty provision of one-eighth, and was for a period of five years from its date and as long thereafter as oil or gas should be produced. Oil was developed in that vicinity during the year 1926. Soon…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Hawkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Klebe v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Mills v. HartzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- Watchorn v. Roxana Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. ShoreCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- State Ex Rel. Shell Petroleum Corp. v. WordenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
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