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GILLIS v. DURBIN BOND & CO.

Civ. A. No. 5352.

142 F.Supp. 433 (1956)

Mrs. Lucille B. GILLIS, widow of Alfred Gillis, and Roy M. Watson, Plaintiffs, v. DURBIN BOND & CO., Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

June 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, J. B. Miller, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Elias Goldstein, Shreveport, La., Leonard B. Levy, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs executed a mineral lease in favor of defendant covering eighty acres of land in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. The consideration stated in the lease was the drilling of a well to a depth of 5,500 feet on the leased property. The term of the lease was six months. Defendants failed to drill a well on the property during the term of the lease and plaintiffs are here suing for damages in the amount of the cost of drilling a well...

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