Conley v. Wheeler-Watkins Oil & Gas Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Affirming on original appeal and reversing on cross-appeal.

On January 21, 1921, John F. Conley and wife executed an oil and gas lease to the'Wheeler-Watkins Oil & Gas Company. The grantee entered under the lease. On December 13, 1924, Conley brought this suit to obtain a judgment forfeiting the lease. The lease, besides granting the usual easements, contained, among other things, these provisions:

“This indenture made the 21 day of January A. D. 1921, between John F. Conley of Winn, county of Johnson, state of Kentucky, grantor, and Wheeler-Watkins…