McConnell v. Dennis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of'Kansas.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a controversy between two rival claimants to the mining rights in 320 acres of oil land situated in Chautauqua county, Kan. Prior to July, 1902, Amanda Miller, of California, owned the land. By a deed dated July 21, 1902, recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Chautauqua county on August 25, 1903, she conveyed it to Abba Clair McCready, who, on August 25, 1903, by an instrument duly recorded on August 28, 1903, leased the oil, gas, and mining rights on the land to P. D. McConnell, the defendant herein. There were reserved to the lessor as…
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