United North & South Oil Co. v. Mercer

Appellee- Mercer executed to appellant, United North & South Oil Company, Ine., an oil- and gas lease covering 40 acres of land! in Caldwell county, with the usual grant “for the sole and only purpose of mining and operating for oil and gas and laying pipe lines and building tanks, power stations, and structures thereon to produce, save, store, and take care of such products.” He also executed a “pipe line permit,”, which authorized appellant to lay pipe lines and construct telephone lines in and upon the land. After the execution of these instruments, appellant developed the land for oil,…