Stalnaker v. McCorgary

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

A. O. Stalnaker, a resident of Sumner county, brought this action under the declaratory judgment act (G. S. 1935, 60-3127 to 60-3132, inch) in the district court of such county for the purpose of obtaining an interpretation of an oil and gas mineral conveyance held by him on eighty acres of land in that county, claiming that under the facts set forth in his petition and the terms of such conveyance he was entitled to a portion of the proceeds received from the sale of oil and gas which was being produced from such tract of land.

The…