Epperson v. Helbron
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. This was a suit brought in equity by the owner of land to cancel an oil and gas lease covering 120 acres of land in Nevada County, Arkansas, upon the ground that the lessee and his assigns had forfeited the lease.
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Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. This was a suit brought in equity by the owner of land to cancel an oil and gas lease covering 120 acres of land in Nevada County, Arkansas, upon the ground that the lessee and his assigns had forfeited the lease. On the 2d day of December, 1918, B. C. Epperson and W. E. Epperson, his wife, in consideration of $1, leased to H. H. Grivan 120 acres of land in Nevada County, Arkansas, for ten years, upon the following conditions: • “If oil is found in paying quantities, first party shall have one-eighth part of…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(alter stating the facts). Counsel for the plaintiffs contend that no well was completed on the land within one year from the date of the execution of the lease, and that by the terms thereof the $60 rental provided in the surrender clause was payable in advance, and that the lessor had a right to declare the lease void for the nonpayment thereof.
It is the contention of counsel for the defendants that the $60 annual rental was not payable until the end of the second j^ear after the date of the execution of the lease, and that tbe plaintiffs had no right to declare the lease void for the…
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