Miller v. Sooy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In 1918 and 1919 E. C. Sooy and Evelyn H. Sooy, the owners of several tracts of land, executed three writings, each purporting to sell, assign and transfer to C. O. Miller, an individual, half interest in all the “royalties, rents, bonuses and other considerations” to accrue to them by virtue of any oil and gas lease, covering any part of such land, that was then in existence or that might thereafter be executed. An oil and gas lease was already in existence, which, however, expired without development on April 21, 1922. This action was…