REX OIL & GAS COMPANY v. BUSK

Docket No. 39, Calendar No. 45,419.

335 Mich. 368 (1953)

56 N.W.2d 221

REX OIL & GAS COMPANY v. BUSK.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Rehearing denied March 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street & Sorensen, for plaintiff.

Alexander, Cholette, Buchanan, Perkins & Conklin (Stanley Cheff, of counsel), for defendant.


BUSHNELL, J.

Plaintiff Rex Oil & Gas Company held an oil and gas lease on 37 acres in section 20 of Croton township, Newaygo county, and other leases on lands in the immediate area. Rex produces and buys oil which it sells to refineries. Defendant Augie Busk, also a producer, had leases in the area. Desirous of exploring for oil the parties entered into a contract dated December 9, 1949, which provides that Busk would drill on the Rex lease in section 20 and furnish...

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