French v. Boyle

Opinion op tele Court by

Commissioner Tinsley—

Reversing.

On October 31,1927, W. S. Hinton and bis wife, residents of Daviess county, Ky., executed and delivered to Courtney Combs an oil and gas lease on a tract of 25 acres of land in that county. On December 8, 1927, Combs, by indorsement written on the lease, assigned it to appellees, E. J. Boyle, Ruth Boyle, Lula Pheifer, J. P. Grant, and Evelyn 0 ’Flynn. On April 17, 1928, these persons by writing which they each signed, acknowledged, and delivered, sold and transferred the lease to M. B. French & Co., a partnership composed of M. B. French…