Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Greer
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1951No. 5389PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
On January 12, 1935, the appellants executed and delivered to the appellee an oil and gas lease on eighty acres of land for a term of three years', and so long thereafter as oil or gas was produced in paying quantities. The lease' also provided:
“The lessee agrees to commence the drilling of a well for oil /or/ /and gas on some part of the above described leased land on or before the 14th day of April, 1935. All wells and operations thereon shall be prosecuted with reasonable diligence, and drilled to what is locally known as the Bloomfield or Farmington sands, estimated to be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Masterson v. Amarillo Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Libby v. De BacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1947
- Lea County Fair Ass'n v. ElkanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
- Hood v. Southern Production Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Kidwell v. General Petroleum Corp.California Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. GibbyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Jimmie Cook, a Single Woman v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- United Mercury Mines Company, a Corporation v. Bradley Mining Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958