Salisbury v. Columbian Fuel Corporation

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

David Salisbury and Betty Lou, his wife, appeal from a judgment by which Gretchen Lafferty and Bennie, her husband, were awarded the free use of gas under a lease now held by Columbian Fuel Corporation. Columbian’s only interest is in knowing who is entitled to the gas.

The pertinent portion of the lease follows:

“Lessor to have gas free of cost from any such well for all stoves and all inside lights in the principal dwelling house on said land * * *.”

K. B. Hall and Maggie, his wife, became the joint owners of a large boundary of land, subject to the lease, upon which the…