Am. Jur. 2d.

- 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Bounties, § 9.

Cross references.

- Obtaining rights of way for mining, quarrying, and other purposes, § 44-9-70 et seq.

ALR.

- Liability for damage to oil well by one employed to "shoot" it, 46 A.L.R. 341.

Acceptance of rents or royalties under oil and gas lease as waiver of forfeiture for breach of covenant or condition regarding drills of wells, 80 A.L.R. 461.

Constitutionality of statute regulating petroleum production, 86 A.L.R. 418.

Construction, application, and effect of statutes regulating production of oil or gas in a manner or under conditions constituting waste, 86 A.L.R. 431.

Duty of lessee or assignee of oil or gas lease as regards marketing or delivery for marketing of oil or gas discovered, 86 A.L.R. 725; 71 A.L.R.2d 1219.

Royalty interest reserved by conveyance or lease of oil and gas rights as real or personal property, 90 A.L.R. 770; 101 A.L.R. 884; 131 A.L.R. 1371.

Extent of development necessary to comply with express or implied covenant of oil and gas lease as to development, 93 A.L.R. 460.

Constitutionality of statute, ordinance, or regulation limiting right of surface owner in respect of oil or gas, 99 A.L.R. 1119.

Instrument conveying land, minerals, or mineral rights as raised implied obligation to drill and develop for oil and gas, 137 A.L.R. 415.

Estoppel to assert termination of oil and gas lease because of cessation of operations, 137 A.L.R. 1037.

Right to partition in kind of mineral or oil and gas land, 143 A.L.R. 1092.

Severance of tile or rights to oil and gas in place from title to surface, 146 A.L.R. 880.

Mistake as to existence, practicability of removal, or amount of minerals as ground for relief from mineral lease, 163 A.L.R. 878.

Construction of deed of undivided interest in land, as to fractional interest in oil, gas, or other minerals, or in royalty, reserved or excepted, 163 A.L.R. 1132.

What constitutes oil or gas "royalty," or "royalties," within language of conveyance, exception, reservation, devise, or assignment, 4 A.L.R.2d 492.

Mistake, accident, inadvertence as ground for relief from termination or forfeiture of oil or gas lease for failure to complete well, commence drilling, or pay rental, strictly on time, 5 A.L.R.2d 993.

Abandonment of oil or gas lease by parol declaration, 13 A.L.R.2d 951.

Perpetual nonparticipating royalty interest in oil and gas as violating rule against perpetuities, 46 A.L.R.2d 1268.

Rights of parties to oil and gas lease or royalty deed after expiration of fixed term where production temporarily ceases, 100 A.L.R.2d 885.

Construction of oil and gas lease as to the lessee's right and duty of geophysical or seismograph exploration or survey, 28 A.L.R.3d 1426.

Liability of oil and gas lessee or operator for injuries to or death of livestock, 51 A.L.R.3d 304.

What constitutes reasonably necessary use of the surface of the leasehold by a mineral owner, lessee, or driller under an oil and gas lease or drilling contract, 53 A.L.R.3d 16.

Oil and gas royalty as real or personal property, 56 A.L.R.4th 539.

Mine tailings as real or personal property, 75 A.L.R.4th 965.

Oil and gas; rights of royalty owners to take-or-pay settlements, 57 A.L.R.5th 753.

Admiralty jurisdiction over contracts for services in connection with off-shore drilling operations, 114 A.L.R. Fed. 623.