Simpson v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.

Appellant, as complainant in this bill, seeks to recover of appellee, defendant therein, $2,171.36, which is the excess of the market price over the amounts actually paid by appellee to appellant for her l/16th interest in the output of a gas well located in Hinds County, Mississippi, during the period January 1, 1940, to January 1, 1943. The chancellor sustained a demurrer to, and dismissed, the bill, complainant having declined to further plead.

Appellant contends she is entitled to the market value of the gas during that time. Appellee says it had a contract with appellant fixing the price…