Dill v. Fraze
Indiana Supreme Court
From Henry Circuit Court; John M. Morris, Judge. Suit by Charles F. Dill against Emmett Fraze and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337j Burns 1901, subd. 2, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
Suit by appellant against appellees to cancel a certain gas and oil contract. The suit was instituted and the issues made in the Delaware Circuit Court, but the venue thereof was changed, on the motion and affidavit of appellee Mutual Oil Company, to the Henry Circuit Court, where the cause was tried.
The contract, which is set forth in the complaint, states that, in consideration of $1, Charles F. Dill and wife, described as the first party, have granted unto Emmett Fraze, described as the second party, all the oil and gas under a certain described .forty acres of land, “for the purpose of…
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