Petroleum Co. v. Coal, Coke, & Manufacturing Co.

Early in 1865 Thomas H. Calloway and John R. Branner and their associates obtained mineral leases upon a lai’ge number of tracts of *383land, aggregating 100,000 acres. These lands were owned by many different owners. The leases were to run for ninety-nine years,- and in all essential respects were identical in terms. The complainant is a corporation, and, by assignment, is now the owner of these leases. The defendant is likewise a corporation, and, by purchase, has become the owner in fee of several of the tracts of land on which mineral leases are held by the complainant. More than seven years…