Lawrence v. Mahoney
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeals from Union Chancery Court; T. J. Gaughan, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. In the cases of Paul Lawrence and Vivian Lawrence v. J. K. Mahony, Tnostee, and J. L. McDonald and Effie McDonald v. J. H. Lewis, Trustee, and W. E. McRae, Trustee, the issues are the same and one opinion will suffice for both cases.
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Appeals from Union Chancery Court; T. J. Gaughan, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. In the cases of Paul Lawrence and Vivian Lawrence v. J. K. Mahony, Tnostee, and J. L. McDonald and Effie McDonald v. J. H. Lewis, Trustee, and W. E. McRae, Trustee, the issues are the same and one opinion will suffice for both cases. In each case the appellants brought a suit in equity against the appellees to cancel and set aside a certain written agreement which had been executed by the parties. The terms of the agreement are the same in each case, and we will therefore only set out the contract in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). The contract under consideration in this case is commonly called an oil and gas lease. For a consideration of $1 in hand paid to the lessor by the lessee as recited in the contract between the parties, the lessor grants to the lessee all of the oil and gas in and under 120 acres of land, together with the rights of ingress and egress, for the purpose of drilling and operating for oil and gas and to lay all pipe lines necessary for the transportation of it, reserving to the lessor one-eighth royalty or share of all oil produced upon the premises; to have and to hold…
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