SALYER v. CALIFORNIA COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 7420.

164 F.Supp. 287 (1958)

Mrs. Mae Mallary SALYER et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CALIFORNIA COMPANY, Defendant.

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

July 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

René R. Nicaud, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Eugene D. Saunders, Andrew McCollam, Jr., Robert L. Redfearn, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs here seek partial cancellation of an oil and gas lease and both sides have moved for summary judgment. The lease is dated April 24, 1952, and covers two noncontiguous tracts in Lafourche Parish, one of 20 acres and the other of 80 acres. It provides that, in consideration of $500 and a 1/8 th royalty interest, the lease shall remain in force for a primary term of three years, and thereafter "so long as oil, gas or other...

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