Panhandle Refining Co. v. Swope

December 15, 1917, E. L. Swope and wife, Ola, executed to W. E. Norton the following lease (as applicable to the questions raised upon appeal):

“ * * * For and in consideration of $83.15 cash * * * and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained on the part of lessee, to be paid, kept and performed have granted, conveyed, demised, leased and let and by these presents do grant, convey, demise, lease and let unto said lessee for the sole and only purpose of mining and operating for oil and gas * * * all that certain tract of land * * * [describing the land).

“It is agreed that this…