United Carbon Co. v. Conn

PALMORE, Judge.

The main question involved on this appeal is what is included by the term “one dwelling house” as it is used in the free gas provision of an oil and gas lease.

The lease entitles W. M. Conn, the appellee, who resides on the leasehold, to free gas “for heat and light in one dwelling house” on the premises up to 200,000 cubic feet per year, all gas taken in excess of that quantity to be paid for at "“current published local rates. ” On October 16, 1959, in a suit brought by the lessee (appellant, hereinafter called the company), the circuit court entered a judgment enjoining…