Aldridge v. Gypsy Oil Co.

E. C. Aldridge, plaintiff in error and plaintiff below, as the owner of a 120-acre tract of land in Seminole county, brought this suit in ejectment against the Gypsy Oil Company, defendant in error and defendant below, to recover possession of the land.

There is practically no dispute between the parties as to the facts. On the 13th day of April, 1922, the plaintiff executed and delivered an oil and gas lease on the 120 acres of land to the defendant. The lease was for a term of five years from date, and as long thereafter as oil or gas was produced. Some correspondence passed between the…