Browning v. Blanton's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Reversing.

On May 20,1920, Frank Blanton and Sallie Blanton, his wife, executed to the Ken-Mo Oil & Gas Corporation an oil and gas lease on ten acres of ground in Johnson county. The lease, among other things, contained these provisions:

“Agreement of Lease made and entered into this 20th day of May 1920, between Frank Blanton and Sallie Blanton, his wife, hereinafter called lessors, and Ken-Mo Oil & Gas Corporation of Johnson County, Kentucky, hereinafter called the lessees:

“Witnesseth: That the lessors in consideration of the sum of $400.00 (Four…