Locke v. Russell

Lynch, Judge :

Deeming themselves entitled, under the terms of an oil and gas lease, to recover $1400, one year’s rental of $200 for each of seven wells producing oil, but not gas, in paying quantities, drilled on the leased premises, Harlan P. and John W. Locke brought assumpsit against Robert W. Russell and others, remote assignees of the lessee in the contract under which the cause of action, if any, arose. The trial having terminated in a judgment upon a verdict adverse to the claim averred in the declaration, plaintiffs seek reversal upon writ of error.

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