Articles From Ivan A. Elliott, Jr.

The oil and gas lease* By Ivan A. Elliott, Jr. Mineral Law, May 2003 Let's not get too technical. The Illinois Supreme Court said of an oil and gas lease, "A mining lease is a lease in fact as well as in name." People ex rel. Hargrave v. Phillips, 394 Ill. 119, 122, 67 N.E.2d 281 (1946).
The oil and gas lease* By Ivan A. Elliott, Jr. Mineral Law, November 2002 "This is a Standard Producers 88 lease, so you can sign it without reviewing its fine print."

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