Legal Opinion
Howard v. Hughes
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 1940No. Docket No. 63, Calendar No. 41,098PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChandler, J.
Plaintiffs Neil and Anna Howard are the owners of 12 acres of land in Walker township in Kent county. On May 25, 1939, they leased this land to defendant J. P. Hughes, doing business as the Texagan Oil & Gas Company, for a nominal sum under the commonly accepted form of oil and gas lease. The following clause was typed in the lease:
“This lease must have a well started within 30 days of the completion of the well now being drilled in section 31.”
It is conceded that this provision referred to a well being drilled by the Yoorhies Company, called the Powers well.
On July 15, 1939, the Howards gave…
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