Saunders v. Busch-Everett Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eirst Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Action by D. W. Saunders against the Busch-Everett Company. Prom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals, and defendant moves to dismiss.
1Opinion
*1055On the Merits.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiff seeks to annul two contracts, relating to oil and gas, made by him with defendant on March 10 and March 13, 1909, respectively; the one, concerning the rights to the oil and gas to be found beneath the surface of certain tracts of land aggregating 1,745 acres, and the other, concerning those minerals to be found beneath the surface of a tract of 100 acres, both of which contracts, he alleges, are void for want of mutuality, in that neither of them binds the defendant to bore any well 'or explore the land, and that both of them reserve to defendant the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Murray v. BarnhartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Legier v. BraughnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Martel v. Jennings-Heywood Oil SyndicateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Smith v. HusseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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