Legal Opinion
Duntley v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1909No. 2,925PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas.
1Opinion of the Court
RINER, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree canceling a lease made by T. E. Anderson and Netta M. Anderson, his wife, to the Pennsylvania Oil Company, to sink wells for the purpose of obtaining oil and gas upon land owned by the appellee. The lease was executed on the 28th of June, 1900, and gave to the lessee an exclusive right for 10 years from its date to enter upon and “operate” for oil and gas upon the land owned by Anderson, a description of which is set out in the lease. The lease also contained the following provision:
“In case no oil or gas well is sunk on the premises…
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- Southwestern Oil Co. v. McDanielSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918