Legal Opinion
R. A. Bristol and Ralph A. Bristol, Trustee v. Colorado Oil and Gas Corporation, a Corporation, and Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1955No. 5100PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, lessors- of undivided mineral interests in lands in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, brought this suit to cancel the oil and gas lease and quiet their title to their fractional mineral interests, contending that the lease expired by its own terms for failure of the lessees to produce oil or gas therefrom in paying quantities within its primary term. This is an appeal from a judgment denying cancellation and validating the lease. The suit is between citizens of different states and involves the requisite amount in controversy.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strange v. HicksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Freeman v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1943
- Indiana Oil, Gas & Development Co. v. McCrorySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Newell v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Skelly Oil Co. v. WickhamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McVicker v. Horn, Robinson & NathanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Samuel G. Whitaker and Elizabeth Whitaker v. Texaco Inc. (Formerly Named the Texas Company), a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Townsend v. Creekmore-Rooney Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Lelong v. RichardsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
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