Federal Betterment Co. v. Blaes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Henry Blaes and his wife executed an oil-and-gas- lease on a quarter-section of land. Various assignments were made, in virtue of which the Federal Betterment Company succeeded to all rights of the lessee excepting what are called the oil rights on the north half of the land, which passed to and remained in the Illinois Valley Oil and Pipe-line Company. The lessors, claiming that under the terms of the lease they were entitled to consider it abandoned by reason of certain omissions of the assignees, brought a suit for its cancelation against…