Guerin v. Sunburst Oil & Gas Co.

For the purpose of these appeals, the facts involved in this controversy may be stated as follows:

In 1921 Mrs. Mary T. Thornton owned 320 acres of land in Toole county. On August 26 of that year she gave to Gordon Campbell a lease upon the land, by the terms of which the lessee was, or his successors and assigns were, authorized *367to go upon the premises and explore for oil, gas, hydrocarbons and other minerals, and, if any such minerals were discovered, to extract and market the same, paying to the lessor a specified royalty. " The lessee agreed that, within three months from the date of the…