Hoosier Drilling Co. v. Ellis

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Tilford

— Affirming.

On June 17, 1937, J. P. Bolinger, a representative of the appellant, Hoosier Drilling Company, a corpora tion engaged in the operation and development of oil and gas leasehold estates in Western Kentucky, procured from the appellees, K. A. Jones and his wife, Addie B. Jones, an oil and gas lease covering 194% acres in Henderson County. This acreage embraced two tracts of 49% and 145 acres respectively. The testimony for appellants indicates that the Company particularly desired the lease on the 49%-acre tract, as it was one of several farms…