Johnson v. Dodson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

-Reversing.

In the brief filed on behalf of appellee, counsel thus states the facts:

“On the 4th day of October, 1919, R. H. Mitchell and wife executed an oil and gas lease on a tract of land in Allen County, Ky., to some of the appellants. It appears that later the lease was transferred by them to the Jackson Oil Company, which company became indebted to a man by the name of J. T. Lynch who brought a suit against the company and had this leasehold sold and the appellants who are all stockholders in the Jackson Oil Company purchased said leasehold and claimed…