Legal Opinion
Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. California Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1961No. 45527PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
On December 21, 1938, Thomas Leiter sold to the United States of America a tract of land in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, containing 8,711 acres more or less, for a recited consideration of $25,000.1 In this act of sale there is the following mineral reservation:
“The Vendor reserves from this sale the right to mine and remove, or to grant to others the right to mine and remove, all oil, gas and other valuable minerals which may be deposited in or under said lands, and to remove any oil, gas or other valuable minerals from the premises; the right to enter upon said lands at…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. WolfeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Stanley v. SchwalbySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Lee v. GiauqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
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3Cited by46 opinions
- United States v. Little Lake Misere Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- United Services Life Insurance Company v. DelaneyTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009
- Central Pines Land Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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