Knight v. Blackwell Oil & Gas Co.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The plaintiff, the landowner and lessor, instituted this suit under' Act 168 of 1920 against the defendants, the lessee and his assignees, to cancel an oil and gas lease, alleging that the lease had expired under its own terms. The defendant denied that the lease had expired and averred that it was a two-year “paid-up” lease, and that the interpretation placed by the plaintiff upon the controversial provision therein was contrary to the clear and unambiguous clauses of the contract. There was judgment in favor of the defendants dismissing the plaintiff’s suit, and he has…