Legal Opinion
Gulf Refining Co. v. Shatford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1947No. 11702PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
Gulf Refining Company owns a mineral lease covering a section of land in the Delhi Oil Field, Parish of Richland, Louisiana. John E. Shatford, who bought an interest in the mineral rights in the lands after the execution of the mineral lease, brought action against Gulf seeking cancellation of the lease as to his one-eighth interest in the mineral rights and for attorneys’ fees under Act 168 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1920. Shatford claimed that Gulf had failed to pay him the proportionate share of delay rental attributable to his one-eighth interest, and that such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Le Rosen v. North Central Texas Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Clingman v. Devonian Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Shatford v. Gulf Refining Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1946
3Cited by5 opinions
- Alice Shilling Lapeze, and Hiram Shilling, Intervenor-Appellant v. Amoco Production Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- B. L. Woolley v. Standard Oil Company of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Pearce v. Southern Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
- Endicott v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- Meier v. Suntex Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1967