The appellants, Carroll and Emma McGinnis, are the owners of a 47 acre tract of land in Ritchie County. In April of 1893 their predecessors in interest granted an oil and gas lease on that property to George H. Ahrens. The lease gave the lessee a five-year primary term and a potentially perpetual renewal predicated on the continued production of oil or gas. In consideration for the right to produce the oil...
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