Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Petroleum Exploration
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 17, 1939PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Affirming.
The case involves conflicting oil and gas leases of a portion of an abandoned railroad right of way. Its decision depends upon the character of title first conveyed by the owner of the body of land of which it was a part. In this suit to quiet their title to the parcel and enjoin the defendants from developing it, the plaintiffs established their title to the lease of the original tract of 190 acres back to a deed of November 7, 1919, of the Duck Pork Land & Coal Company to' J. P. Sutton, trustee. That deed contains no exclusión or'…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Abercrombie v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- East Alabama Railway Co. v. Doe Ex Dem. VisscherSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Bodine's Adm'rs v. ArthurCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- Mammoth Cave National Park Ass'n v. State Highway CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Cox v. Colossal Cavern CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Hinman v. BarnesOhio Supreme Court · 1946
- Northern Pacific Railway Company and Continental Oil Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Penn Central Corporation v. U.S. Railroad Vest Corporation Beverly D. Crone, Auditor of St. Joseph CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- L. & G. Realty & Construction Co. v. City of IndianapolisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1957
- Daugherty v. Helena & Northwestern RailwaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
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