Jones v. Pier

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

The plaintiff brought this suit to quiet title to- one per cent of the oil produced from lots 63 to 72, inclusive, and lots 87 to 96, inclusive, of North Long Beach tract in Los Angeles County. From a judgment which was rendered in favor of the defendants this appeal was perfected.

As a foundation for his title to an undivided one per cent of the oil produced from said tracts of land, an oil lease was offered and received in evidence. This lease was executed October 10, 1922, for the term of twenty years, to Cal-Mex Oil & Refining Company. The consideration therefor was the…