Greer v. Carter Oil Co.

Appellants, Mark Greer and J. G. Burnside, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Fayette county against the Carter Oil Company and C. R. Bennett, for partition and removal of clouds upon 144 acres of land. The issue involved is the validity of a certain oil and gas lease to the Carter Oil Company and a mineral deed to C. R. Bennett, there being no controversy about the right to partition the surface of the land. The circuit court found the oil lease and mineral deed valid and, the three-year term of the oil lease having expired, the court by its decree provided additional time should be…