Mercer-Lincoln Pine Knob Oil Co. v. Pruitt

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Reversing.

Appellant is a consolidation of tlie Pine Knob Oil & Gas Company and the Mercer-Lincoln Oil Company. In appellee’s petition it was alleged that prior to said con*208solidation the Pine Knob Oil & Gas Company, and T). P. Weeks, its president, entered into a contract with appellee, G. B. Pruitt, whereby the latter was to procure for the company, and it agreed to purchase from him, oil and gas leases on not less than 2,000 acres of land in Lincoln county near the town of Moreland. The company agreed to develop the leases promptly and thoroughly and to do…