Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Sellers

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

C. H. Sellers and Clara H. Sellers, his wife, were the owners of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 North, Range 4 West, in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. They had executed an oil and gas lease on this land. Owners of various royalty interests likewise had executed oil and gas leases covering their royalty interests. All of these oil and gas leases were ultimately assigned to the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company and it, as such owner, carried on all operations with respect to the leased premises out of which this controversy arose. Since the questions presented…