Hager v. Wolfe

Maxwell, Judge:

In this suit to recover the aggregate accrued delay rental under an oil and gas lease the lessors, plaintiffs, E. V. Hager and Mary F. Hager, bis wife, recovered judgment against tbe lessee, defendant, C. C. Wolfe, in tbe sum of $919.00. There was a jury verdict as basis for tbe judgment. Writ of error was awarded tbe defendant.

Tbe lease, dated March 11, 1925, was for tbe term- of ten years and as long thereafter as oil and gas should be produced upon tbe premises by tbe lessee. Upon tbe failure of tbe lessee to drill within three months after tbe date of tbe lease be was…