Sand Springs Home v. Clemens

DAVISON, Justice.

This is a suit in equity instituted by D, M. Clemens, as plaintiff, against' . Sand Springs Home, a corporation, as defendant, to cancel an oil and gas lease because of failure to diligently develop and operate. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

The facts appear in the record by stipulation and by uncontroverted testimony:-of witnesses. The lands involved consist of a 120 acre tract in Creek County, Oklahoma, which comprises a quarter section, less the northwest forty acres thereof. On August 29, 1938, plaintiff’s grantor leased the property…