Danciger Oil & Refining Co. v. Powell

This suit was brought by Clarence Powell and wife against Danciger Oil & Refining Company of Texas and others for damages for failure to develop a certain tract of land for oil and gas mining purposes after oil had been discovered thereon. The only material question to be determined is whether or not, under the contract beteen the parties, there was an implied covenant to so develop the property.

In 1919, G. N. Powell and wife sold a section of land including the land in question to one Eldridge, and reserved and retained an undivided 7/8th interest in and to the minerals, oil, etc., under the…