Sun Oil Co. v. Allen

The relief sought and obtained by the appellees in the court below was the cancellation of an oil, gas and mineral lease as a cloud upon their title to approximately 1900 acres of land in Claiborne County. The ground alleged and testified to by them for the cancellation was that while the printed portion of the lease had originally provided for a ten year primary term, the appellee, L. BriscoeAlien, before he and his wife signed th instrument, took his fountain pen, which was filled with Shaeffer’s green ink, and deleted the word “ten” in the printed form and interlined the word “five” above…