PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CORPORATION v. HENSLEY


284 S.W.2d 828 (1955)

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Ernest L. HENSLEY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Prewitt, Edward C. O'Rear, Frankfort, Roy W. House, Manchester, for appellant.

Logan E. Patterson, Patterson & Wilson, Pineville, for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellee, Ernest L. Hensley, recovered judgment against appellant, Petroleum Exploration Corporation, of $3,810.40 for his interest in gas produced from a well the company drilled on 111 acres of land in Clay County in which he owned an undivided 1/12 interest at the time the well was drilled. Appellee subsequently acquired an additional 6/12 undivided interest in the land. There are but two questions involved on the company's appeal: 1. The measure of...

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