Manhattan Oil Co. v. Carrell
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wells Circuit Court; C. W. Watkins, Special Judge. Action by Harry B. Carrell against the Manhattan Oil Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
August 4, 1891, appellee granted to appellant, in consideration of $1, all the oil and gas under a certain described fifty acres of land in Blackford county, with the right to enter thereon for the purpose of drilling *527and operating for oil or gas, and the right to erect and maintain all structures necessary for producing^ saving and transporting the same from the premises; the grantor reserving to himself one-sixth part of all the oil produced and saved.
Among divers other stipulations, the contract embraced the following provisions: “In case no well is completed within ninety days from this…
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