Keystone Pipe & Supply Co. v. Milner

This suit was instituted in the district court of Wilbarger county, Tex., by the plaintiff, T. J. Milner, against the Keystone Pipe & Supply Company, W. P. Edmon-son, and B. C. Coan, defendants.

The plaintiff alleges: That in 1926, as owner, he executed an oil and gas lease to James PI. Gardner, covering 100 acres of section 31, block 9, in Wilbarger county, Tex. That Gardner, or his assigns, was obligated to drill a well on said lease to the depth of 2,500 feet to test the land for gas and oil. That Gardner, in some manner unknown to plaintiff, arranged for drilling a well on said lease with…