BENNETT v. SINCLAIR OIL & GAS COMPANY

No. 25962.

405 F.2d 1005 (1968)

J. W. BENNETT et al., Appellants, v. SINCLAIR OIL & GAS COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Moffatt, Simon Herold, Shreveport, La., for appellants.

Frank S. Kennedy, Naff, Kennedy, Goodman & Johns, Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity suit plaintiffs (appellants) sued to cancel three Louisiana mineral leases on the ground that defendant (appellee), owner of the leases, failed to pay royalties or shut-in royalties in accordance with the terms of the lease, or failed to drill and produce the leased property within the primary term of the leases; further, that defendant failed to protect plaintiffs' property from drainage. Alternatively, plaintiffs sought...

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