Kokomo Natural Gas & Oil Co. v. Matlock
Indiana Supreme Court
From Tipton Cirenit Court; Leroy B. Nash, Judge. Action by Elizabeth Matlock against the Kokomo Natural Gas and Oil Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
Appellee brought this action against appellant upon a written contract, to recover the compensation provided therein for the right to explore 112J acres of land for natural gas and oil. Trial by the court and judgment for appellee.
The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the complaint and the motion for a new trial.
The written contract sued on was entered into by appellee with one Forehand, granting to him the exclusive right to explore the land, therein described, belonging to her “for natural gas and oil, for the period of five…
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