Scott v. Pure Oil Co.

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

In this case the trial Court denied the appellants’ prayer for judgment declaring that the terms of an oil and gas lease originally granting 317.93 acres had, to the extent of a specified 177.93 acres, expired by its terms. Appellants’ action was predicated upon the contention that the provisions of the original lease, as amended, did not support the defendants-appellees’ claim that production from a well located upon a unitized area covering acreage including a portion of the 317.93 acre tract, but not upon the 140 acres granted by the original lease which was properly…