Johnson v. Moody

This is a suit to adjudge an oil and gas lease forfeited, as to a part of the land leased. The land consists of two tracts, a quarter of a mile apart, one having an area of 40 acres and the other an area of 200 acres. The lease was granted by the plaintiff, who owns the land, to J. F. Lillard, one of the defendants in this suit, on the 11th of January, 1922, and is now held by the two defendants, Moody and Lillard, jointly. The tract containing 40 acres is under sublease to the Lacolo Oil Corporation, and oil is being produced by the corporation in paying quantities. No well has ever been…