Adkins v. Downing Gas Co.

Riley, Judge:

F. M. Adkins, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought this action of assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County against Downing Gas Company, a corporation, hereinafter called defendant, to collect unpaid delay rentals alleged to be due under an oil and gas lease executed by Everett Messer and wife to the Downing Gas Company on March 11, 1925. Adkins’ claim is based upon his present ownership of the leased premises and upon an assignment to him of the lease in question by Anna Peterson, a former owner of the leased land, and her husband and Everett Messer on December 1, 1930.

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