Greenwood v. Texas-Interstate Pipe Line Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment refusing cancellation of an oil and gas lease insofar as it affected his lands.

The cause was tried below on facts admitted by the pleadings, supplemented by an agreed statement of facts. From the admissions and statements the following appears:

Mr. H. Greenwood, father of the plaintiff, owned all of a certain section of land in Stevens county, Kansas. Under date of June 1, 1926, he executed and delivered to one Crawford an oil and gas lease covering the whole section. The lease provided, in part:

“It is agreed…