Hyde v. Blaxter
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
■ Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Suit in equity by George H. Blaxter and another against Alex Hyde and othefs. From the decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was begun July 26, 1922, by Blaster and Mitchell, appellees in No. 6435 and appellants in No. 6436, to> quiet their title as lessees in three 40-acre tracts in Elk County, Kansas. The lease covered 400 acres. It was given by Hyde and wife,, appellants in No. 6435 and appellees in No. 6436, in 1918, for a term, of five years and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced from the land by the lessee. The lease contains this clause:
“On January 1st, 1922, eacli and every forty-acre tract that has not been developed to the extent of one finished well shall revert…
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