United Fuel Gas Co. v. Jude

STEWART, Chief Justice.

This appeal questions the judgment of the lower court in cancelling an oil and gas lease as to the interest therein of appellee, Jack Jude.

The parents of appellee owned a tract of land in Martin County, and by deeds dated September 20, 1942, the land was divided by them among their children. Appellee, a son, was given 30 acres, with the oil and gas rights reserved to his parents during their lifetime. On March 8, 1950, an oil and gas lease was executed to appellant, United Fuel Gas Company, by appel-lee’s mother (the father being then deceased) and by some of the…