KNIGHT v. HERNDON DRILLING COMPANY

No. 36679.

296 P.2d 158 (1955)

James D. KNIGHT, E.T. Knight and Lucille L. Knight, Plaintiffs in Error, v. HERNDON DRILLING COMPANY, a Corporation, John J. Hassler, T.L. Bates, and North American Petroleum Company, a Co-partnership, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1956.

Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied May 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ram Morrison, Oklahoma City, Leon J. York and John C. Monk, Stillwater, for plaintiffs in error.

John E. Curran, Tulsa, and Hoel & Horton, Stillwater, for defendants in error, Herndon Drilling Co. and T.L. Bates.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This appeal concerns an action to cancel a five-year oil and gas lease as to 80 of the 100 acres it covered, described as the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 2 East, in Payne County, Oklahoma. It was brought by plaintiffs in error, who are the owners of the land, and who, as lessors, executed and delivered the lease to one, Payne, in

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