Legal Opinion
Champlin Petroleum Company v. Donald C. Ingram and John C. Ingram, Trust Created by the Last Will and Testament of Jay P. Walker, Deceased
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1977No. 76-1427PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
This statutory interpleader action was brought by Champlin Petroleum Company to resolve a dispute between the royalty owners and the working interest owners as to the amount of royalties to be paid on the sale of residue gas from an oil and gas lease. The dispute centers on the language of the royalty provisions of the supplemental lease, and the question is whether the royalty on the residue gas is one-eighth or one-tenth.
The case was tried to the court which found the lease to be ambiguous as to the royalty on the residue gas, but that the parties by their course of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Page v. Superior Stone Products, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1967
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