National Supply Co. v. Weaver

BluMe, Justice.

The facts of the three cases before us are substantially alike. They were consolidated in the District Court for the purpose of trial and were argued together in this court, and may be disposed of in one opinion.

The facts are about as follows: J. A. Olsen, defendant below and respondent here, prior to June, 1924, was the holder of leases on about ten to twelve thousand acres of land near Irvine, in Converse County, Wyoming, on what was known as the Irvine Structure, for the purpose of testing it for petroleum oil. Being ready to drill, he en tered into a contract on June 27,…