Nabors v. Producers' Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Suit by W. A. Nabors and others against the Producers’ Oil Company, for the annulment of an oil and gas lease. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals, and plaintiffs, answering the appeal, ask that judgment be amended by allowing their demand for damages for the alleged violation of the contract on which 'demand the district court had rendered a nonsuit.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant appeals from 1 a judgment annulling a contract purporting to be a mining lease of certain lands to the defendant. The plaintiffs, who were the grantors, have answered the appeal and pray that the judgment be amended by allowing their demand for damages for the alleged violation of the contract, on which demand for damages the district court rendered a judgment of nonsuit.
The following is a copy of the contract, viz.:
“This oil and mineral lease and contract, between J. M. Na'bors (a married man, whose wife is Mary Lee), W. A. Nabors (a married man, whose wife is Robena Fuqua), J.…
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- South Penn Oil Co. v. SnodgrassWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
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- Caddo Oil & Mining Co. v. Producers' Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
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