Evans v. Stapleton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming on original appeal and reversing on cross appeal.

lOn August 14,1918, Samantha Stapleton, Paris Stapleton and Clara Stapleton, bis wife, executed, acknowl*717edged and delivered to D. T. Evans an oil and gas lease on a one-hundred acre tract of land located in Johnson county. The consideration was $150.00 cash and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in the lease. The lease obligated the lessee to commence a well on the premises within six months, or thereafter to pay in advance a quarterly .rental of $12.50 from February 14, 1919, in lieu of…