Consolidated Gas Co. v. Rieckhoff

This appeal is from a judgment quieting title to certain oil lands in the plaintiff, the Consolidated Gas Company. The appealing defendant, E. O. Rieckhoff, claims an interest in the land by reason of a lease and drilling agreement between the plaintiff’s predecessor, Katherine L. Jones, and Rieckhoff.

Under the terms of the agreement Rieckhoff was granted a term of two years and as long thereafter as oil or gas was pro duced. The lease also specified that, if drilling was not commenced within the dates specified, by payment of a rental fee an extension could be had. The original lease started…