Duffield v. Michaels’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““This lease to be null and void, and no longer binding on either party, if a well is not completed on the premises within two months from this date, unless the lessee shall thereafter pay monthly to lessor ten dollars per month for each month’s delay in completing said well. Each payment to extend the time for completion for one month, and no longer. A deposit to credit of lessor in Pleasants County Bank, St. Mary’s, W. Va., by check. The said to be a good payment of'any moneys on this lease. * * * If operations are not commenced In thirty days from this date, ten ($10.00) dollars extra to be paid for the second month. The well to be completed must be through the first Cow Run sand.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Duffield v. Michaels