HESTER v. ROBERTS

No. 43525.

104 So.2d 158 (1958)

235 La. 426

U. J. HESTER et al. v. Robert F. ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cady & Johnson, William M. Cady, III, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hussey & Smith, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs in this action seek to recover judgment for $14,000 against the defendant Robert F. Roberts as liquidated damages for failure of a sublessee, Waytex Oil Corporation, to drill four wells under the provisions of two subleases, one of which we shall designate as the Mixon lease and the other as the Maxwell lease. After trial on the merits there was judgment dismissing the suit, and plaintiffs have appealed.

The two subleases were...

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