Anderson v. Moore

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

AV. G. Moore, and Ada Moore, his wife, executed and delivered an oil and gas lease on 260 acres of land, to L. B. Anderson. The latter later sold and assigned the lease to P. E. Watkins. The lessor received a consideration of $235 for the lease. The lease was for a period of five years froim date, and provided that if a well was not commenced within one year from the date of the lease, that it should become null and void, unless the lessee paid into the bank named the sum of $250 for the privilege of deferring drilling ^or another year. The lessee and his assignee…