Hays Drilling Co. v. Sartain

BRANSON, Y. C. J.

The defendant in error. R. L. Sartain, as plaintiff, secured a judgment in the district court of Okmulgee county, against the Hays Drilling Company, as defendant, for the sum of $1,495, and decreeing a first lien upon an oil and gas leasehold estate to satisfy the same. The judgment was predicated upon the plaintiff’s allegation that he hauled what is commonly known as a string of drilling tools, or drilling equipment, fo-r a certain point off the leasehold onto- the leasehold for -oil and gas purposes, and for which he had filed, and introduced herein, a lien statement. The…