Dupont v. Lotus Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This was an action to cancel an oil and gas lease and quiet title to real estate for failure of the defendant lessees to produce oil from the premises covered by the lease beyond the expiration of the definite or primary terms of that instrument. The plaintiffs recovered and the defendants appeal. Plaintiffs cross-appeal from the trial court’s order granting defendants a period of sixty days in which to remove their personal property, including casing in the hole, from the leased premises.

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