Clifton v. Koontz

*784MASSEY, Chief Justice.

In 1940 Lillie M. Clifton, joined by her husband, executed an oil, gas and mineral lease upon certain property. In due course and before expiration of the primary period specified in the lease, the lessees drilled a producing well thereon. This well produced both gas and oil, though not too much of the latter, and was classified under rules and regulations of the Texas Railroad Commission as an “associated” (with oil) gas well.

As is quite common, the: leasehold estate became broken up over a period of years into various fractional interests, with “overrides”, etc., and…