McLAURIN v. SHELL WESTERN E. & P., INC.

No. 85-4240.

778 F.2d 235 (1985)

Jasper E. McLAURIN, Jr., M.D., Lewis E. Turner, Robert W. Vaughan, and Pathway Petroleum, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELL WESTERN E. & P., INC., a Delaware Corporation, and Amoco Production Company, a Delaware Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Castle, Jackson, Miss., J. Hal Ross, Brandon, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David B. Gross, William R. Presson, Jackson, Miss., for Shell.

Hugh Craig Forshner, New Orleans, La., for Amoco.

Before GOLDBERG, RANDALL, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's action for cancellation of an oil and gas lease. This Court affirms the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

The realty involved in the instant case was originally owned by G.S. McLaurin. G.S. McLaurin died, leaving his interest in the realty to his heirs — his two surviving children, Floree Jordan and Melvin McLaurin...

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