Amarillo Oil Co. v. Ranch Creek Oil & Gas Co.

HALL, O. J.

In the fall of 1918, the Amarillo Oil Company, hereinafter called appellant, had drilled and was the owner of what is known as the Hapgood gas well. December 7, 1918, the appellant entered into a contract with P. A. Little, which, in substance, stipulates that if appellant established a gas field which produced £ls much as 25,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day, that the said - Little or- his assigns would build a pipe line from the field to the city of Amarillo for the purpose of marketing gas, and would pay the appellant the sum of 8 cents per 1,000 cubic feet at the well…