Eastern Carbon Black Company v. Stone

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

The Eastern Carbon Black Company seeks by this appeal to reverse a judgment by which it was enjoined and thereby prevented from plugging certain gas wells.

On June 25, 1923, the appellee, Thomas F. Stone, gave an oil and gas lease upon a tract of 10% acres of land, and on October 12, 1923, he gave a similar lease upon a tract of 114 acres. By mesne transfers, these leases have come into the possession and ownership of the appellant, Eastern Carbon Black Company. By the terms of these leases, among other things, Stone was to get, free of cost,…