Davis v. Patterson

(after stating the facts). Appellants insist that the court erred in limiting the terms of the drilling contract -between Haskell and Hoffman, assigning one-half of seven-eighths of the oil produced to the payment of the specified consideration for drilling* the wells to a period of two years. The provisions of the contract relating’ to the payment of the consideration are as follows:

“In consideration of the drilling of the above described wells, and each of them, the party of the first part agrees to assign, and does hereby assign, to the party of the second part one-half of seven-eighths of…