Brandenburg v. Petroleum Exploration

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Bees

Affirming.

The appellant, Louisa Brandenburg, is the widow of Larkin Mays, who died intestate on June 8,1895, leaving surviving him the appellant, his -widow, and four children who were infants at the time of his death. He owned a tract of land in Lee county which was worth less than $1,000.00 at the time of his death and which the appellant continued to, and still does, occupy as a homestead. After the children attained their majority they executed an oil and gas lease on this land, this lease now being owned by the appellees.

The appellees entered upon the…