BOLACK v. SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY

No. 72-1222.

475 F.2d 259 (1973)

Tom BOLACK, Appellant, v. SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McKenna, Albuquerque, N. M. (Thomas F. McKenna and James E. Sperling, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for appellant.

William Briggs, Albuquerque, N. M. (Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., William C. Briggs, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for appellee.

Before JONES, SETH and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge:

Tom Bolack, joined by his wife, Alice Bolack, on September 2, 1959, sold and assigned to Sohio Petroleum Company a producing Federal oil and gas lease, reserving a limited term carried working interest.1 The working interest was to become effective after seven-eighths of the production subsequent to the sale and transfer amounted to 1,500,000 barrels. At the time of this happening Bolack was to be deemed the owner...

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