Crum v. Guffey-Gillespie Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for the contract price of an oil and gas lease on eighty acres of Saline county land. The chief de*55fense relied on was that plaintiffs had failed to furnish a good and merchantable title as agreed to in the contract of purchase.

The trial court made findings of fact and conclusions of law which were favorable to plaintiffs, and judgment was entered pursuant thereto.

Defendant assigns various errors which will be noted.

It is first contended that the trial court erred in admitting oral testimony concerning the Skaer-Crum Oil…