Campbell v. Smith
Indiana Supreme Court
From Delaware Circuit Court; J. G. Leffler, Judge. Action by John W. Smith and others against Julia E. Campbell and others. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant, Julia E. Campbell, appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, C. J.
Appellant was on May 20, 1897, the owner in fee simple of 120 acres of land in Delaware County, Indiana. On that date, she and her husband executed a lease on the real estate to the Rock Oil Company “for the purpose and with the exclusive right of drilling and operating for gas and petroleum”. The lease among other things provided that “the party of the second part is to have and to hold the said premises for and during the term of five years from the date hereof, and as much longer as oil or gas are found in paying quantities, or the rental paid thereon.” It was further provided that the…
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- State v. Ohio Oil Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1898
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