NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. ZIMMER

No. 78-1124 Summary Calendar.

576 F.2d 106 (1978)

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Albert William ZIMMER, Trustee of the Estate of William H. Brown, Deceased, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. Saunders III, William H. Brian Jr., Amarillo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ochsner, & Baughman, Harold W. Ochsner, Tabor Scott, Amarillo, Tex., for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case raises a question concerning the expiration date of an oil and gas lease. We affirm the decision of the district court that the lease in question terminated at the end of a fixed term of 50 years, on January 16, 1976, for the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion of Judge Halbert O. Woodward. 447 F.Supp. 66 (N.D.Tex.1977).

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