McKenna v. Culton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

Isoline Campbell McKenna, William J. McKenna, Richard Orme Campbell, and Davis Crowell Campbell, in 1930, owned about 15,000 acres of land located in Clay and Knox county, Ky. The co-owners executed, acknowledged, and delivered to David Crowell Campbell a power of attorney, authorizing him in their names to deal with the land, including the power to lease it for oil and gas. Negotiations between him and J. M. Culton, beginning in January, 1930, culminated in his leasing Culton the land for oil and gas.

The lease comprises fourteen clauses, the…