Schlegel v. Moorhead

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his complaint for specific performance of an option to purchase a federal oil and gas lease from the defendant.

The pertinent facts are set forth as shown by the district court findings of fact and the record. Defendant Sherman Moorhead has been the owner since 1956 of federal oil and gas lease number 073 151(a), consisting of 120 acres in Glacier County, Montana. He acquired the lease for salvage and has maintained only one producing well on the acreage. Said…