BROADHEAD v. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION

No. 1220.

166 So.2d 329 (1964)

Sam BROADHEAD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1964.

Writ Refused October 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Moffatt and Noel L. Adams, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gaharan & Richey, by Leonard W. Richey, Jena, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGE and SAVOY, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

On April 28, 1961, plaintiff granted to Pan American Petroleum Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Pan Am", an oil, gas and mineral lease covering a contiguous tract containing in excess of 23,000 acres of land. The lease granted by plaintiff was the ordinary commercial lease form used by the oil and gas industry. Under the terms thereof, plaintiff received a cash bonus and 1/6 of any oil or gas recovered from said property. There were no drilling...

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