Lewis v. Nance

This is an action to quiet title to certain real property as against the rights of the defendant under an oil lease. The findings and judgment were in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant has appealed..

The case was tried upon stipulated facts from which it appears that the respondents leased the property to the appellant for the purpose of drilling for oil on May 29, 1933; that in May or June, 1933, the appellant employed an oil well driller to drill a well thereon; that a notice of intention to drill was filed on June 30, 1933; that on August 10, 1933, an equipment company agreed to'…