BROWNING v. CAVANAUGH


300 S.W.2d 580 (1957)

Iley B. BROWNING, Appellant, v. V. J. CAVANAUGH et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Withers, Withers, Lisman & Withers, Dixon, for appellant.

John L. Dorsey, Sr., Dorsey & Dorsey, Henderson, for appellees.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The question is whether an oil and gas lease of 170 acres executed by V. J. Cavanaugh and Lucile Cavanaugh, his wife, to Iley B. Browning on May 2, 1949, had terminated or been abandoned by him prior to March 24, 1956. The appeal is from a judgment declaring the Browning lease had terminated.

In 1951 Browning drilled an oil well (No. 1) of small production. In 1953 he drilled (No. 2) a dry hole. About 1,600 barrels of oil were produced...

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