Wells v. Zadeck’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Not only did she execute the lease contemporaneously with Mr. Wells, which could indicate her reliance on his mineral leasing knowledge, but the particular well drilled as a result of the lease was actually drilled on the Property. Meanwhile, in the present case, the completed well was not on the 120 acres in which Mrs. Wells had an interest, but was located on a different tract within the drilling unit. To try to equate the knowledge needed to execute a mineral lease where a well will be drilled on the actual property you have an interest in, to being familiar with the complexities involved in a forced pooled unit, is quite an overreach.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 89 So. 3d 1145 - Wells v. Zadeck

2. “[The Court] granted Zadeck’s peremptory exception of prescription on two bases: 1) as a result of Wells’ mother’s failure to monitor her mineral interests, which in effect is a finding that the Wells family (including Plaintiff) failed to exercise reasonable diligence regarding the mineral activity on the Property, and 2) Wells’ failure to prove that some reason external to his own will led to his or his mother’s ignorance of the fact that they had a cause of action they could pursue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 89 So. 3d 1145 - Wells v. Zadeck