Walker v. Lane
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Palo Pinto County; J. B. Kirth, Judge. Suit by J. M. Lane against B. B. Walker and others. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
J. M. Lane and wife, Lucy Lane, and A. B. Lane executed what is usually termed an oil and gas lease to B. B. Walker, on 1,602 acres of land situated in Palo Pinto county. The lease was dated February 21, 1917, and recited a cash cpnsid-eration paid by the lessee of $1,602, and the further consideration of the covenants of the lessee therein contained. It stipulated that it should continue in force for a period of 10 years and as much longer thereafter as either oil or gas shall be produced therefrom in paying quantities, and that the lessors should receive, as royalties, one-eighth of all oil…
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