Gibson & Johnson v. Ward

In the trial court separate suits, as indicated by the above styled and numbered causes, were filed against Gibson & Johnson by plaintiffs, Mrs. Lena Axe, B. E. Ward, and J. N. Sewell and Ed Gist. Like issues of fact and law being involved, the suits were consolidated, tried together, and from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in each case the defendants appeal.

The lawsuits arise out of a contract between Gibson & Johnson, lessees, and John Axe and fourteen other lessors. From lessors’ viewpoint, the contract was designed to procure the drilling of a well for oil and gas on a block of…