MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO. v. SYKES

No. 42424.

245 Miss. 207 (1962)

147 So.2d 290

MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al. v. SYKES, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Scott Tennyson, Jackson; Sam Pickard, B.M. Allen, Houston, Texas, for appellants.

Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson; McFarland & McFarland, Bay Springs; Walker & Sullivan, Mendenhall, for appellees.

Julian P. Alexander, Jr., Robert M. Bass, Jr., Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, W.W. Jackson, Harry D. Owen, Joe A. Thompson, Wells, Thomas & Wells, Jackson; Armstrong & Hoffman, Hazlehurst; Tom P. Caldwell, John W. Kelly, Jr., Charles C. Richmond, New Orleans, La., Amici Curiae.


GILLESPIE, J.

This appeal involves implied covenants to develop, and to protect leased premises against drainage by appellants' oil well on adjoining land. Complainants below were the royalty owners under an oil and gas lease and the defendants below were the lessees under an oil and gas lease. From an adverse decree awarding complainants a money judgment for breach of said implied covenants and the cancellation of the oil...

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