Stephens v. Allen

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This appeal is from judgments entered in 14 consolidated suits denying the removal of John Allen as agent or trustee for the owners of operating and producing gas wells.

The plaintiffs, D. C. Stephens and his wife, Mrs. Dora Stephens, own fractional minority interests in the several leases. There were 69 individual defendants, some owning interests in one or more of the properties. The defendant, Allen had acted as agent or trustee for all the projects. None of the defendants participated in the litigation except to join in Allen’s answers. The grounds upon which Allen’s…