Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation v. Coffee

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, as lessor under two oil and gas leases covering lands in the sour gas area of Moore County, Texas, brought suit to recover the difference between the sum that had been paid plaintiff and a sum alleged to be due plaintiff, as royalty, from July 1, 1937, to December 31, 1942. The leases, contain the following applicable royalty provisions: “B. On gas produced from said land and sold or used off the land, or in the manufacture of gasoline, including casinghead gas, the market price at the well of Ys of the gas so sold or used, provided that if and when lessee…