Winkler v. Creekmore

The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals is reported at 241 S. W. 730. We quote, in part, the statement of the case there mhde.

“Pick Campbell, Cleve Johnson, and S. H. and H. O. Tatum were the owners of an oil and gas lease covering 10 10/n acres of land in Stephens county, and upon January 17, 1920, they entered into a drilling contract with Henry Riley, whereby Riley obligated himself to begin the drilling of a well on the premises on or before June 1, 1920, and drill the same 3,500 feet deep unless oil was found in paying quantities at a lesser depth.”

Riley was to drill the well at his…