Ballsun v. Star Petroleum Co.

The plaintiffs had judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1210 for and on account of damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of the failure of the defendant to replace certain buildings upon a tract of land theretofore leased by the plaintiffs to the defendant for the purpose of exploring the same for oil. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The record shows that on or about the twenty-second day of June, 1925, the plaintiffs and the defendant entered into a certain indenture of lease for the purpose of having wells sunk on the lands described, to determine their…