J. B. GATHRIGHT LAND CO. v. KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA GAS CO.

No. 6261.

65 F.2d 907 (1933)

J. B. GATHRIGHT LAND CO. v. KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA GAS CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 3, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Stites, of Louisville, Ky. (Trabue, Doolan, Helm & Helm, of Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Allen Prewitt, of Frankfort, Ky. (A. J. Findley, of Sistersville, W. Va., and Edward C. O'Rear, of Frankfort, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before MOORMAN, HICKS, and SIMONS, Circuit Judges.


SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The suit below was by the lessor (here the appellant) to cancel an oil and gas lease entered into with the assignor of the appellees. Questions are presented relating to the construction of certain provisions in the lease, and to the equitable rights of the assignees. The facts are not in dispute, and their arrangement in chronological order will the better aid understanding of the legal issues involved.

The lease was made by the plaintiff...

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