Hardy v. LaDow

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The controversy in this case is whether a written lease conforms to the agreement of the parties. After considerable negotiation James F. Hardy and his wife signed an oil-and-gas lease to the Kansas Pipe-line and Refining Company. It was written by an agent of the company, examined by an agent of the Hardys, and read aloud in their presence before it was signed; but it is claimed that it was not correctly read, and that provisions which it was supposed to contain were fraudulently omitted. It was alleged that Mrs. Hardy was blind, and…