Schroyer v. Wally

Opinion bt

Trexler, J.,

The plaintiff, Jacob Schroyer, made a lease of his farm for oil and gas to the Indian Creek Oil and Gas Company, in April, 1920, and sold to it lumber to the value of $1,791.96 which was used in the erection of a rig for drilling. Wally had a contract with the same company to do the drilling. The work stopped for lack of funds and both Schroyer and Wally had claims against the company.

Schroyer stated that Wally, in February, 1922, when the lease was about to expire, came to him and asked him to extend the lease, told him that he was going to take the well over and would…