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WESTERN SURETY COMPANY v. GATES

No. 73-25.

494 S.W.2d 479 (1973)

WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jimmy GATES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shackleford & Shackleford, El Dorado, for appellant.

Haley & Claycomb, Warren, for appellee.

BYRD, Justice.

Appellee Jimmy Gates, the surface owner of some land in Sec. 28, T. 16 S, R. 12 W, and Franklin Oil Company, Inc., as the owner of some oil and gas leases entered into a contract for the building of roads and the clearing of oil well drilling sites on the land. It was agreed that each oil drilling site would be 200 ft. by 200 ft. and that Franklin would pay $400 for each site. The contract further provided that Gates and Franklin would mutually agree...

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