Mollohan v. Patton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On February 15, 1919, Nora C. Mollohan (then Nora C. Rodner) executed an oil and gas lease upon a forty-acre tract which passed by assignment to H. H. Patton. On February 27, 1920, she brought an action against ,Patton to have the lease declared forfeited, and to recover damages and attorney’s fees for his refusal to release it of record. She recovered judgment for $10,000 damages and $1,000 attorney’s fee, and Patton appeals.

1. The defendant claims that the plaintiff, upon the admitted facts, was not entitled to a forfeiture because there…