Renner v. Huntington-Hawthorne Oil & Gas Co.

Plaintiff, the owner of fee title to certain real property, obtained judgment quieting her title as against defendants, who claim under an oil and gas lease. This is an appeal by the defendants. Plaintiff’s position, which was accepted by the trial court, is that the term of the lease has expired. We have concluded that this position is correct, but that, because the lessee held over after the expiration of the lease and the lessor continued to accept royalty payments, there arose a tenancy from month to month which has not yet been terminated.

On April 23, 1921, plaintiff’s predecessor in…