Miller v. Union Gas & Oil Co.

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

These cases were heard together in this court. Each is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing a bill by the lessors in an oil and gas lease (or those standing in the lessor’s rights) to cancel the lease for failure to perform the covenant to develop.

In No. 3785, the lease was given January 26, 1916, by appellant Sagrave to defendant Albin (who assigned his interest to the other appellee), the lessors subsequently conveying the leased land (subject to a reserved interest) to appellants Miller, who conveyed to appellant Adkins an undivided one-half…