Rogers v. Milliken Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pawnee County ; L. M. Poe, Judge. Action by J. L. Rogers against the Milli-ken Oil Company and another. From a judgment for defendants on a demurrer to the evidence, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BURFORD, C.
The gist of plaintiff’s action was that he was the owner of '160 acres of land in Pawnee county; that he had executed an oil and gas mining lease thereon which had passed by various assignments thereof to one Turner and the Milliken Oil Company; that such lease provided that it should continue for a term of two years, or as long as oil or gas was found in paying quantities. By certain provisions it appeared that upon the payment of certain sums the life of the lease might be extended for a period of about two and one-half years from the date of its execution; that a dry…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Campbell v. HarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ward v. Mid-West & Gulf Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Barquin v. Hall Oil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1921
- Berryman v. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
- Hasquet v. Big West Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928