Case Name: SHAFFER v. TEDROW
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1927-01-06
Citations: 5 Ohio Law Abs. 74
Docket Number: No. 20253
Parties: SHAFFER v. TEDROW
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 5
Pages: 74–75

Head Matter:
SHAFFER v. TEDROW
No. 20253.
Supreme Court
Dock. Jan. 6, 1927,
5 Abs. 27.
Attorneys — Eagleson & Laylin, Columbus, and J. W. Goldberry, Chillieothe, for Shaffer; O. E. Vollenwider, McArthur and Willis & Jones, Jackson, for Tedrow.

Opinion:
The question to be determined is the interpretation of two phrases in an oil and gas lease. The lease was for ten years and a clause therein reads "found in paying quantities". It is contended that these phrases refer to the entire lease and that the word "found" means produced, and as only a few gallons were found in a seven year period the lease expired at the end of ten years.