Perkins v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) cash 1 . . . and of the further sum of Three Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($395,000.00) to be paid out of the oil produced and saved from the . . . lands, and to be one-fourth of all the oil produced and saved . . . until the full sum ... is paid, we ... do hereby bargain, sell, transfer, assign, and convey all our rights, title, and interest in and to said leases and rights thereunder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas v. Perkins

2. “is payable out of oil only, if, as and when produced from said lands above described, and said oil payment does not constitute and shall not be a personal obligation of the assignee, its successors or assigns. . . . The oil payment . . . shall bear none of the expenses of the development of said leases or any other burden.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas v. Perkins