Lanham v. Jones

The plaintiff Jones, owner of 260 acres of land in Larimer' county, gave to the defendants Wallace and Grimes what purports on its face to be an oil and gas lease thereof, and Wallace and Grimes gave to the defendant Lanham a sublease on 60 acres of the tract. In the so-called lease there is a provision to the effect that, in the event the same shall be assigned as to a part or parts of the lands, and the assignee thereof shall default in the payment of his proportionate part of the rent due from him, such default shall not operate to defeat or affect the lease in- so far as it covers a part…