Wheeler and LeMaster Oil and Gas Co. v. Henley

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is a suit to quiet title brought by the owners of the working interests of an oil and gas lease on property located in Johnson County. The case was submitted solely upon the issue of whether the oil and gas lease dated July 8, 1922, and subsequent assignments thereof, had been “abandoned or was still in effect” at the filing of this action. The trial judge found that the lease had been abandoned and the lessees have appealed from that judgment.

The original lease from which appellants have derived their interest was entered into on July 8, 1922. The terms of the lease…