GODFREY v. LOWERY

No. 38957.

65 So.2d 124 (1953)

223 La. 163

GODFREY v. LOWERY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. S. Pickett, John P. Godfrey, Many, for appellant.

Fraser & Fraser, Many, for appellee.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Virginia Gaddis Godfrey, claiming that she has been damaged in a sum equal to that which it would cost to drill an oil and gas well on her property, fixed at $30,000, brought suit to recover that amount against Charles C. Lowery for alleged breach of contract on the ground that he was obligated to drill such a well under the terms of an oil, gas and mineral lease executed by her on July 18, 1945. The defendant's exceptions of...

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