Lindow v. Southern Carbon Co.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

The original petition in this suit was filed on September 1, 1931. Petitioner alleged that on November 5,1926, he executed an oil and gas lease to one J. C. Roberts, covering the N. W. % of the N. E. % and the E. % of N. W. % of See. 16 N., Range 6 E., containing 120 acres, copy of which is annexed to the petition, “and reference is thereto made for its full contents”; that since January 1, 1928, said land has been surrounded “in every direction by tracts on which are wells producing large amounts of gas,” and that within less than one mile of said property is located…