Crain v. West

Opinion .of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

Silas McIntosh, domiciled in Estill county, died, and left surviving him, his wife, Prudy McIntosh, and three infant children, the two older of whom were nineteen and sixteen years of age respectively, and the age of the youngest is not disclosed. He. was the owner at the time of his death of certain lands, in the county, wherein he resided, but, had previous thereto granted leases upon the lands to grantees, who had undertaken to bore for oil thereon, and in the event of success to pay to the grantor .a royalty of a certain part of the oil…