Farrow v. Caudill

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

On February 4, 1918, Willie Perkins and wife executed to Mrs. W. H. Caudill an oil and gas lease whereby the lessee in consideration of thirty dollars cash paid at the time was granted the privilege for a period of five years to explore and drill for oil and gas on a described tract of land in Magoffin county owned at that time by the lessors, which he agreed to to. The usual mining privileges were contained in the lease with certain stipulations relative to the production of gas wells and a royalty of one-eighth of all oil produced, and it was…