Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Albert William Zimmer, Trustee of the Estate of William H. Brown, Deceased, and Third-Party v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Third-Party

576 F.2d 106, 60 Oil & Gas Rep. 281, 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 10330

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: July 5, 1978
• Docket: 78-1124
• Status: Published

Opinion

576 F.2d 106

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.

No. 78-1124

Summary Calendar.*
United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.
July 5, 1978.

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).

AFFIRMED.

* Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I