Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co. v. Maynard

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas —

Reversing.

On December 16, 1926, there was put on record in the Pike county court a paper purporting to be a gas and oil lease executed and delivered by James Maynard and his wife, the appellee and plaintiff below, Vicy Maynard to B. M. James, whereby the lessors conveyed to him all the oil and gas under their jointly owned tract of land estimated to contain fifty acres. The lessee paid therefor $1 upon the execution of the lease, and agreed therein to pay 50 cents per acre annually until development, which was payable quarterly each year and after…