Hinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 1954
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. State · Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. State · Lemar v. Garner · Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Tippett · Cross v. Shell Oil Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““John R. Reeves, the surface owner, had no authority to convey any mineral interest to C. W. Hinson, the Relinquishment Act merely constitutes the surface owner the agent of the State, with authority to execute oil and gas leases on the land. * * * Since1 Hinson had no interest in the * * * minerals, the signing of the lease ■* * * was * * * without legal effect.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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