Armstrong v. Skelly Oil Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

• This is a suit to cancel two oil and gas leases on what may be termed respectively the Armstrong and Byrd tracts, each consisting of over 6,000 acres of land in Moore and Hutchinson counties, Tex., on the ground that appellees had breached the implied covenant to reasonably develop the property. The prayer was in the alternative for specific performance and also for damages. There was a decree dismissing the bill.

We need not extensively review the record nor specifically consider the errors assigned. Briefly stated, the material facts as shown by the record are these:…