Dale v. Simon

Defendants in error sued plaintiffs in error to recover back $22,000 alleged to have been paid by defendants in error under duress.

The plaintiffs in error, J. E. Dale, J. T. Dale, and J. B. Dale, now deceased, entered into a lease contract, of date May 29, 1919, with defendants in error, U. M. Simon and Dan Brown, whereby plaintiffs in error granted, demised, released, and let unto the defendants in error, for the purpose of mining and operating for oil and gas 22,000 acres of land with the right of ingress and egress over said premises, for a consideration of $110,000, which was paid. It was…