ALEXANDER v. OATES

Docket No. 17783.

100 Cal.App.2d 266 (1950)

223 P.2d 264

ETHEL B. ALEXANDER, Respondent, v. H.P. OATES et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

November 1, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur C. Miller and Lee A. Solomon for Appellants.

Arthur H. Blanchard, Robert E. Fredrich, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis, Gordon F. Hampton and E. Talbot Callister for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action for declaratory relief and to quiet title to property, defendants appeal.

Facts: July 1, 1945, plaintiff executed an oil and gas lease in favor of defendant H.P. Oates as lessee. The lease contained among other provisions the following:

"5. Commencing with the Sept. 1st, 1945, of the term hereof, if the Lessee has not theretofore commenced drilling operations on said land or terminated...

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