Guffey v. Stroud

J. R. Stroud owned a valid gas lease on a certain 100-acre tract of land in Limestone county known as tbe Welch tract. Ira L. Guffey and De Armand Bros, afterward acquired a valid oil lease on tbe same land. Guffey and bis' associates drilled a well on tbe land, wbicb well did not produce oil but did produce gas in large quantities. Stroud, claiming that tbe defendants were using and wasting gas from the well, filed suit for an injunction and in tbe alternative for a receiver to conserve tbe gas produced. Tbe defendants answered that tbe plaintiff’s lease was void and that be should be…