Hughes v. Busseyville Oil & Gas Co.

'Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

On the............clay of May, 1911, the appellants, Hughes and wife, who were the owners of about 200 acres of land in Lawrence county, leased to the appellee, the Busseyville Oil & Gas Company, a corporation, the oil and gas properties in the land and the right to develop the same under a contract reading as follows:

“This indenture made this............day of May, 1911, by and between D. C. Hughes and Anna Hughes, his wife, of Busseyville, Lawrence county, Kentucky, parties of the first part, and the Busseyville Oil and Gas Company, a…