Baton v. Key Production Company

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a temporary injunction granted appellees, Key Production Company, et ah, temporarily restraining appellants, J. W. Baton, et al, from reworking, testing or drilling in an abandoned oil well bore hole. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

The facts pertinent to an understanding of the disposition made of this case will be recited. In 19S3, Dr. David P. Gaines and his wife, Lena Alma Gaines, made a mineral lease to Charles W. Lutes covering some 1,100 acres of land, and requiring the drilling of a well to a total depth of 8,200 feet. Such…