Mistletoe Oil & Gas Co. v. Revelle

Opinion by

MAXEY, O.

The plaintiff, I. K. Revelle, owned 160 acres of land in Cotter county, Okla., and on November 9, 1917, executed to E. M. Boring an oil and gas lease upon three 40’s, or 120 acres of said 160 acres, retaining one 40 acres in his own name. The 120-acre lease is described as the S. 1-2 and N. W. 1-4 of the S.W. 1-4 of sec. 11, twp. 2, R. 11 W. I. M.

The granting clause and covenants in the lease contract run to, and for, the benefit of the lessees, assignees, and the entire 120 acres was leased as one single tract of land under one single lease contract. The lease recited a…