Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1961

Orive v. Sun Oil Company

Orive v. Sun Oil Company
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided April 12, 1961 · Pope
346 S.W.2d 383; 14 Oil & Gas Rep. 657; 1961 Tex. App. LEXIS 2296 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Orive v. Sun Oil Company

Opinion

POPE, Justice.

The trial court sustained a summary judgment to plaintiffs’ action. The point in the case is whether under an oil and gas lease, paying production from the tract extended the lease beyond the primary term to three other tracts described in the lease.

The lease was of “the following described land situated in Starr County, to-witThis was followed by a description of the four non-contiguous tracts of land. In the absence of anything in the lease to indicate a contrary intent, production on one tract perpetuated the lease as to all the land described. Cain v. Neumann, Tex.Civ. App., 316 S.W.2d 915; Hillegust v. Amerada Petroleum Corp., Tex.Civ.App., 282 S.W.2d 892; DaCamara v. Binney, Tex.Civ.App., 146 S.W.2d 440; Hunt Production Co. v. Dickerson, Tex.Civ.App., 135 S.W.2d 597; Texas Co. v. Curry, Tex. Civ.App., 229 S.W. 643; McCallister v. Texas Co., Tex.Civ.App., 223 S.W. 859; 2 Summers, Oil and Gas (Perm.Ed.), § 295.

The judgment is affirmed.

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