Barnett v. Getty Oil Company

How courts have described this case

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• refusing to apply the doctrine of estoppel to the construction of a mineral lease
• where lease is clear and unambiguous, Court should look solely to language of instrument and give same effect as written
• court should not resort to extrinsic aid when construing clear and unambiguous lease

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