Tomlinson v. Thurmon

LAND, Justice.

On July 3, 1934, James Jones, of Lincoln parish, La., the then owner of the land, executed an oil, gas, and mineral lease to the defendant John W. Thurmon, covering E. % of S. E. % of Sec. 27, T. 18, N., R. 4 W., containing 80 acres, more or less, for a term of five years; it being the usual form of a commercial lease contract. On the same day, Jones sold to the defendant Mrs. Edith Thurmon, née Cann, wife of John W. Thurmon, of Ruston, La., for the price of $120 cash, one-half of all the oil royalties and gas rentals or royalties due and to become due under the terms of the…