AMERADA PETROLEUM CO. v. DOERING

No. 8521.

93 F.2d 540 (1937)

AMERADA PETROLEUM CO. et al. v. DOERING et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. M. Conner and William R. Watkins, both of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellants.

C. A. Goeth and John J. Cox, both of San Antonio, Tex., and Walker Saulsbury, of Temple, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON and HOLMES, Circuit Judges, and STRUM, District Judge.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was brought to cancel an oil and gas lease, held by defendants Amerada Petroleum Corporation and Rycade Oil Corporation, upon 5,298.9 acres of land of plaintiffs, in Frio county, Tex., and for general equitable relief.

Plaintiffs contended that defendant lessees forfeited their rights under their lease on the land in question, and that such lease terminated by: (1) Failure to pay the rental due on October 27, 1934; (2) cessation...

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