Singer v. Goff

This is an appeal by defendant C. G. Goff, individually and as trustee, and his wife, from an order denying their motion to vacate a decree under which Goff was required to pay certain moneys into court.

Goff, the owner of an oil and gas lease in Bloomingdale township, Van Burén county, entered into trust agreements with plaintiff Daniel G. Singer and others. Singer’s agreement, dated March 3, 1942, provides in part as follows:

“It is agreed by the first party [Goff] that he will drill a well for oil or gas on the above described lands to the traverse limestone or to the approximate depth of…