Kays v. Little

Citations

• 103 Kan. 461
• 175 P. 149
• 1 A.L.R. 675
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 295

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Oil and Gas Lease — Nonpayment of Rentals — No Fault of Lessee — Forfeiture and Cancellation Refused. A judgment of a tral court refusing to cancel a gas and oil lease for failure to pay rentals at a stipulated time will not be reversed where the lessee remits the amount of the rental by registered letter so that it will reach the place of payment five days before the time provided for the payment, and the remittance fails to reach that place in time because of delay in the mails, and where, because of other and additional circumstances, it would be inequitable and unjust to cancel the lease.</p>