Ramage v. Wilson

This is an action by appellee against appellant to recover a certain sum of money alleged to be due, by reason of appellant’s failure to comply with and perform a certain stipulation in a natural gas and oil lease, which stipulation reads as follows:

“Second party also agrees to drill an additional well each and every sixty days, or pay $1 per.day for each and every day’s delay over that time till three wells are completed.” ■

The complaint avers the ownership of the land in appellee, the execution by appellee of said oil-and-gas lease to Thomás McDonald, and various assignments from McDonald…