Swope v. Holmes

After this case was argued and submitted, the plaintiff met with an accident which caused his death. This necessitated the making of parties to the suit, which has been done. The issues, however, are the same, and the opinion is handed down as it was originally written.

This is a suit to rescind a divisible oil and gas lease, in so far as it affects about 440 acres of the land covered by the lease, and the appeal is by the defendant J. L. Holmes from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants as prayed for in the petition.

The appellee leased as aforesaid to C. L. McCurry,…