Jacobs v. Wilkerson

Plaintiffs, Edward S. Jacobs and Ida M., his wife, sought by their complaint in the circuit court of White county to set aside a certain oil and gas lease executed between them and defendant. The ground on which cancellation was sought was failure to comply with the terms of the lease as to payment of delay rentals in case of failure to drill within the specified time. Plaintiff Joe B. Williams is in the case because he has a second lease, executed by the Jacobses, and was permitted to intervene and join in the complaint.

The defendant, appellee, denied that there had been any failure to pay…