Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. Moore

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner—

Reversing.

This petition in equity was filed by the appellant in the Martin Circuit Court wherein it sought to enjoin the appellees from using free gas in a tenant house which was constructed on the farm more than 30 years after an oil and gas lease was executed thereon, and which lease provided the lessor should have free use of gas to light and heat his buildings on the premises. The case was submitted on an agreed stipulation of facts and the chancellor held that the plaintiff was not entitled to an injunction, the petition was dismissed and this…