Hollingsworth v. White

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

The questions at issue in this appeal arise out of an oil and gas lease of certain land in Kansas, made June 24, *4021919,. by 'Mary H. Bothwell and Ulu Bothwell to D. W.’ Clawson. Clawson assigned the lease to A. P. Campbell. Campbell assigned the same to S. R. McCorkle and J. H. White, reserving a one-eighth interest of the net profits derived from its operation. September 18, 1919, Campbell assigned to A. E. Hollingsworth and G. B. Hippee, appellants, a one-half interest in this reservation. White & McCorkle assigned an. undivided seven-sixteenths interest in the…