Smith County Oil Co. v. Board of Supervisors

Prior to January 1, 1944, the appellant Smith County Oil Company owned the oil, gas and other minerals under the 19,086 acres of land in Simpson County, the subject of this controversy, with full rights of ingress and egress for the discovery and recovery of said oil, gas and minerals. All other rights and estates in said land were, and still are, owned by the South Mississippi Land Company.

On April 15, 1944, the Smith County Oil Company leased to the Hunt Oil Company for said land all the said oil, gas and minerals, the principal provision of said lease being as follows:

"Lessor in…