Keystone Gas Co. v. Salisbury

' Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming.

On the 1st of August, 1913, appellees were the owners of two small tracts of land on Left Beaver Creek in Floyd county, and on that day executed to one Dimick two separate oil and g'as leases thereon, the leases being identical in terms so far as the material questions, involved are concerned.

The leases specifically grant to Dimick the exclusive right, during the term of ten years, to drill and operate oil and gas wells on the lands, providing for the usual royalties for the owners if oil is found thereon, and for fixed compensation if…