Wisconsin-Texas Oil Co. v. Clutter

Joe Clutter, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, brought suit in one of the district courts of Bexar county, against the Wisconsin-Texas Oil Company, and the Wisconsin-Texas Gas Company and others, hereinafter referred to as defendants, to cancel an oil and gas lease on certain lands in Bexar county. Operations were begun under the terms of the lease, and two gas wells were drilled in which gas was found in paying quantities. The lease contained no spé-cific forfeiture clause. The case was submitted to the jury upon one fecial issue, which was as follows:

“Did George B. Mechem, or his…