Solberg v. Sunburst Oil & Gas Co.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff for the release of record of an oil and gas lease, the recovery of -the statutory *178penalty of $100, damages alleged at $16,000, and the sum of $2,000 averred to be a reasonable attorney’s fee. Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he is the owner of 320 acres of land in Toole county, particularly described, and that on July 19, 1920, he made, executed, acknowledged and delivered to defendant Gordon Campbell an oil and gas lease on such premises, and that the lease was duly recorded in the office of the county clerk of Toole county on March 12,…