TENNECO OIL COMPANY v. GAFFNEY

No. 8879.

369 F.2d 306 (1966)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Henry W. GAFFNEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hawley, of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Holmes, Denver, Colo. (William C. Jensen and Richard J. Spelts, of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Holmes, Denver, Colo., Millard F. Carr, Denver, Colo., and William N. Armstrong, Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellant.

James A. Clark, of Winner, Berge, Martin & Camfield, Denver, Colo., for appellee.

Before PICKETT, SETH and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, awarding damages to appellee Gaffney for the failure of the appellant Tenneco Oil Company to give notice that an oil and gas lease, which Gaffney had assigned to Tenneco, would be permitted to terminate for failure to pay rentals when due.

On November 1, 1963, Gaffney acquired a Federal Oil and Gas Lease on 1536 acres of public domain...

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