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HITCHCOCK v. SOJOURNER DRILLING CORP.

No. 3741.

360 S.W.2d 444 (1962)

J. R. HITCHCOCK et ux., Appellants, v. SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. J. Balch, Seymour, for appellants.

Whitten, Harrell & Wilcox, Abilene, Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry, Dallas, Ratliff & Ratliff, Haskell, for appellees.

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

On June 11, 1949, J. R. Hitchcock and wife executed an oil lease on 156.7 acres of land owned by them in Haskell County, including 24 acres which they had conveyed to John Covey in 1958. The lease was for a primary term of ten years with a provision that it should continue so long thereafter as oil was produced from said land. Thereafter, under a 40 acre spacing rule, a well was drilled and oil was produced in paying quantities on the 24 acre...

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