Campbell v. Rock Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The court on final hearing sustained the master’s report; and appellant’s bill for the annulment of a gas and oil lease was dismissed for want of equity. The lease is as follows: “This agreement made and entered into this 20th day of May, A. D. 1897, by and between Julia E. Campbell and Chas.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The court on final hearing sustained the master’s report; and appellant’s bill for the annulment of a gas and oil lease was dismissed for want of equity. The lease is as follows: “This agreement made and entered into this 20th day of May, A. D. 1897, by and between Julia E. Campbell and Chas. J. Campbell, of the County of Cook, and State of Illinois, of the first part, and Bock Oil Co. of the second part, wituesseth: “That the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the agreements hereinafter…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
Appellant’s assertion that prior to her execution of this oil lease in 1897 the Indiana decisions had settled upon a construction of such contracts whereby the lessor at the end of the original or any renewal period could terminate the lessee’s interest without notice is not warranted by the cases. Diamond Plate Glass Co. v. Curless, 22 Ind. App. 346, 52 N. E. 782, and Same v. Echelbarger, 24 Ind. App. 124, 55 N. E. 233, were decided by the Appellate Court in 1899 and 1900, and were expressly disapproved by the Supreme Court in Hancock v. Diamond Plate Glass Co., 162 Ind. 146, 70 N. E. 149,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Consumers Gas Trust Co. v. LittlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
- Hancock v. Diamond Plate Glass Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1904
- Knight v. Indiana Coal & Iron Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1874
- New American Oil & Mining Co. v. TroyerIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Consumers Gas Trust Co. v. WorthIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
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