ALLEN v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY

No. 11706.

255 So.2d 842 (1971)

I. J. ALLEN and C. H. Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Franks Petroleum, Inc., King Resources Co., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1972.

Writ Refused February 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon Herold, Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson, by William H. Baker, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and HEARD, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied January 4, 1972.

BOLIN, Judge.

This is a suit to cancel an oil and gas lease and for damages and attorney's fees on the ground that the primary term of the lease had expired prior to the time lessees became "engaged" in drilling operations.

For written reasons the lower court rendered judgment in plaintiffs' favor ordering cancellation of the lease, the removal by defendants of all equipment from plaintiffs' property, and...

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