Legal Opinion
Rains v. Kentucky Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 16, 1923PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Clay
Affirming.
On March 2, 1916, G. W. Eains and wife executed to E. C. Disel an oil and gas lease on a tract of land in Whitley county containing about 300 aqres. Among the provisions of the lease were the following:
“Should oil be found in paying quantities upon the premises, second party agrees to deliver to the first party . . . in the pipe line with which it may connect the well or wells, the one-eighth (1/8) part of all the oil produced and saved from said premises.
“If gas only is found, second party agrees to pay fifty dollars or 1/8 dollars each year for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hughes v. Busseyville Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
3Cited by21 opinions
- Poplar Creek Development Co. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Wall v. United Gas Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Patrick D. Leggett v. EQT Production Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2017
- Matzen v. Hugoton Production Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1958
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