Legal Opinion
Massie v. Inexco Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 12, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 84-0384PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, Massie, is suing to partially cancel an oil, gas and mineral lease dated October 14, 1977, granted to defendant (Inexco), as lessee, by Mr. Massie and his co-owners. The right of cancellation asserted is restricted to Massie’s undivided one-twelfth (Vi2th interest) in the lease.1 *881The basic thrust of his claim is that under the provisions of paragraph thirty-three (33) of the lease, Inexco forfeited all leasehold rights to subsurface horizons deeper than one hundred (100') feet below the depth of the deepest horizon from which the lessee…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Melancon v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Pierce v. Atlantic Refining CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Belco Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Davis v. LasterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Carter's Ins. Agency, Inc. v. FranklinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Charles William Massie, III v. Inexco Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986