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· 4/5/1962

Petersen v. Robinson Oil & Gas Company

Citations

  • 356 S.W.2d 217
  • 16 Oil & Gas Rep. 440
  • 1962 Tex. App. LEXIS 2357

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a party demonstrated commencement where it staked the well and, on the last day of the commencement period, moved a maintainer onto land and spent two hours leveling the well location
  • holding that a party demonstrated commencement where it staked the well and, on the last day of the commencement period, moved a maintainer onto land and spent two hours leveling the well location
  • hiring contractor to drill well, employing surveyor to survey well, and staking and leveling well location constituted engagement in drilling operations
  • lease dated March 27 was set to expire at midnight on March 27 but was extended by leveling well location on March 27
  • interpreting contract term requiring the commencement of “operations for drilling”
  • interpreting contract term requiring the commencement of \operations for drilling\

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Judges: Coleman

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