Rader v. Shaffer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas —

Reversing.

On July 1, 1916, Richard Rader and wife executed andelivered to T. G. Gray, T. J. Scrivner and Earl Scrivner an oil and gas lease, by which they granted, demised and. let unto the lessees all of the oil and gas in and under a certain described tract of land, with the usual surface privileges. The term of the lease was five years and as much longer thereafter as oil and gas were found on the land. The consideration was one dollar, one-eighth of *803the oil and one hundred dollars for the produce of each gas, well. The lessees were to drill a well upon…