Franklin Land Co. v. Wea Gas, Coal & Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Miami District Court. Action to quiet title. Judgment for the defendant Wea Gas, Coal and Oil Company, on December 13, 1887. The Franklin Land Company brings the case here. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Strang, C.:
Action to quiet title. July 23, 1886, Robert Dunn and wife Gertrude were the owners of a tract of eighty acres of land near the city of Paola, in Miami county, which they occupied as a homestead. On that day Robert Dunn leased said land to the Wea Gas, Coal and Oil Company for the period of twenty-five years, with the privilege of renewal, at the expiration of said lease, for another period of twenty-five years, giving said company the right to erect derricks, engine houses, and other buildings necessary for use in drilling and prospecting for gas, coal, oil, and other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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