Nichlos v. Edmundson

Opinion by

RAY, C.

This appeal is from the action of the trial court in sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence, and entering judgment for the defendant. The suit is for specific performance of a contract to execute and deliver to plaintiff a commercial oil and gas lease for a term of five years, producer’s form 88, on 80 acres of land situated in Grady county.

The evidence shows that the plaintiff was an oil operator, resident of Chickasha, and that the defendant, Mrs. John Edmundson, during all of the time of the transaction, was a resident of Elliott, 111., and owned a quarter-section…