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BENEDUM-TREES OIL CO. v. DAVIS

Nos. 7930, 7931.

107 F.2d 981 (1939)

BENEDUM-TREES OIL CO. v. DAVIS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 8, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Stone, of Harriman, Tenn., and R. S. Marriner, of Washington, Pa. (Mae R. Stricklin, of Wartburg, Tenn., J. W. Stone, of Harriman, Tenn., R. S. Marriner, of Washington, Pa., and Hughett & Hughett, of Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Joe C. Thomason, of Knoxville, Tenn., for appellees.

Before SIMONS, ALLEN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Oil and gas leases covering 200 and 97 acres, respectively, of lands in Morgan County, Tennessee, are involved in these appeals. The disputed points are whether the terms of the leases have expired or are still current.

On December 6, 1929, Gran Davis and John W. Hall, appellees in No. 7930, and fee simple owners of the lands in question, granted, demised and leased to the appellant, Benedum-Trees Oil Company, for the purpose of mining...

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