Chapman v. Bowers

The question in this case is whether the lessee of an oil and gas lease is relieved from the duty to further develop the premises by reason of an attack upon the title by the guardian of an incompetent who is grantee of the lessor. The'facts are as follows: On March 20, 1920, Lewis Bowers and his wife, who were the owners of 160 acres of land in Lincoln county, executed an oil and gas lease on this land to the McMan Oil & Gas Company for a period of five years and as long thereafter as oil and gas is produced in paying quantities. A short time before the execution of this lease, the lessors…