Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Christian

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by C. O. Christian, owner of the fee and one-eighth royalty in 110 acres of land in Rusk county, against the Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, owner of the seven-eighths oil and gas leasehold, to recover damages for alleged delay from October 6, 1931, to June 1, 1932, in drilling a well on and near the southeast corner of the 110 acres to offset a well known as the E. L. Chapman No. 2, located on an adjoining lease and 178 feet south of the south line of the 110 acres. Plaintiff’s suit is based upon an oil and gas lease covering the 110 acres executed by…