Ward v. Mid-West & Gulf Co.

Opinion by

LYONS, C.

The parties will be designated as in the court below. The plaintiff in the court below conducted negotiations with Lena Ward for the purpose of obtaining an oil and gas mining lease on her land. An escrow agreement was entered into for the taking of such lease, and while this transaction was pending a second oil and gas mining lease was made by Lena Ward to Hicks and assigned to Goble. The defendants contended that the transaction with plaintiff was never consummated, and asserted the validity of the second lease. The action of the plaintiff in the court below had two…