McNabb v. Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Stites

Affirming.

This is an appeal-from a judgment of the Johnson circuit court sitting in equity. The petition alleges, and the proof shows, that on August 1, 1925, the appellee, Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company, contracted with the appellant to purchase gas at a price of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet from two wells on a lease in Johnson county, Ky., near Red Bush. The contract seems to have been embodied in a letter dated November 27, 1925, written by appellee’s general manager, and reciting in part:

“Your gas will be taken whenever and so long as…