Little v. Page

REYNOLDS, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed the judgment of the circuit court. The circuit court found that an oil and gas lease terminated on its expiration date since no production had occurred during the primary lease term so as to extend it.

On January 8, 1981, Herman Little and wife, Imogene Little, as lessors, executed an oil and gas lease on their ten and 20-¾ acre tracts of land in Clinton County, Kentucky, to James L. Tabb and Donald L. Kessler, as lessees. The instrument is referred to as a Kentucky 88-Gas Provision Agreement, which recited…