Bishop v. Sanford

On September 13, 1918, the appellee, Sanford, executed to appellant Grover C. Bishop an oil and gas lease upon 8,640 acres of land in Carson county. The lease provides for the-payment of 30 cents per acre annual rental and permits the postponement of drilling operations by the annual payment of said rental for a period of five years. The lease recites that it is executed “for the sole and only purpose of mining and operating for oil and gas, the laying of pipe lines and the building of tanks and power stations and structures thereon to produce, save and take care of said products.” It further…