WARD, Justice.
This appeal raises this general question: What acts on the part of a lessee constitute a compliance with the provision to "commence drilling operations" before the expiration of an oil and gas lease?
On February 23, 1943 appellees, L. A. McClendon and Susie McClendon, executed a standard oil and gas "Commencement Form Lease", form No. 88, on certain lands to appellants, Fred T. Haddock and W. S. Bellows. The principal term of the lease was 10...
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