Consumers Gas Trust Co. v. Howard
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Madison County; II. C. Ryan, Judge. Action by Isaiah Howard and wife against the Consumers Gas Trust Company for the cancelation of a gas and oil lease and to quiet title. From a decree for plaintiffs, the defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901,
1Opinion of the Court
Joedan, O. J.
-Appellees instituted this action on February 5, 1902, to cancel a certain contract or lease, and to quiet their title to lands therein described. The contract in question was executed on December 15, 1896, by and between appellees and one Walley. The latter subsequently assigned and transferred all of his rights under the instrument to appellant. Thereunder appellees purported to sell to said Walley all of the gas and oil underneath the lands therein described, situate in Madison, county, Indiana, being in all sixty acres. They further granted to him, his heirs and assigns, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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