Smith v. Amerada Petroleum Corporation

STRUTZ, Justice.

On August 11, 1949, Maryan Sather, a widow, and Oscar Sather, a single man, executed an oil and gas lease covering certain properties in Mountrail County. The properties covered by this lease consisted of two noncontiguous parcels totaling 640 acres. The lease executed by the Sathers contained an entirety clause, which was in the following words:

“Id. If the leased premises shall hereafter be owned in severalty, or in separate tracts, the premises nevertheless, shall be developed and operated as one lease and all royalties accruing hereunder shall be treated as an entirety and…