Shell Oil Co. v. Howell

Defendants in error, owners of a 120-acre tract in what is referred to as the “Wildcat Jim” area of Carter county, Oklahoma, commenced this action as plaintiffs against the defendant, plaintiff in error herein, who is the assignee of an oil and gas lease on said tract, to cancel a major portion of said lease for breach of the implied covenant to further develop it. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they appeared in the trial court. Defendants’ appeal is from the trial court’s judgment in the form of an alternative or conditional decree canceling the lease, except as to 10 acres…