Pennington v. Colonial Pipeline Company

WEST, District Judge:

This case arises out of a dispute between the alleged owner of an oil, gas and mineral lease covering 2,425 acres of land, and the owner of the fee title to 29 acres of the same land. Plaintiff, C. B. Pennington, claims to have acquired, among other things, the exclusive right to “investigate, explore and drill” for oil and gas on the 2,425 acres of land, including the 29 acres now owned by defendant Colonial Pipeline Company, by virtue of an oil, gas and mineral lease allegedly entered into on July 16, 1956, between him as lessee, and the then owner of the entire 2,425…