Wagner v. Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This was an action to quiet title to real estate in Rush County, Kansas. The question presented is whether the cessation of production of oil from the property on September 30, 1953, following the expiration of the primary term of the mineral interests involved, was a permanent cessation of production causing a reversion of those interests to the original grantors pursuant to the terms of two mineral deeds conveying such interests for fifteen and twenty years, respectively, and “as long thereafter as oil and/or gas is produced from the…