Gypsy Oil Co. v. Ponder

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

Mary P. Ponder et al., widow and heirs of J. E. Ponder, deceased, brought tlieir action in the district court of Carter county, against the defendant to quiet the title to 160 acres of land. The defendant answered that it held an oil and gas lease on the lands in question, executed and delivered by Mary P. Ponder and her husband, J. E. Ponder, on December 30, 1916, for a period of five years. A further provision of the lessee was in the following language:

“To have and to hold the same for the term of five years and as long thereafter as oil or gas or either of them can…