Legal Opinion
Dilworth v. Fortier
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 12, 1960No. 37965PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBIRD, Justice.
This appeal concerns a quiet title action involving a quarter section of land originally described as the Northeast Quarter of Section 5, Township 27 North, Range 1 West, in Kay County, Oklahoma.
One Charles E. Dilworth homesteaded this tract (usually referred to herein merely by the abbreviation “NE”) and thereafter, on September 15, 1913, he and his wife executed and delivered to Hercules Oil and Gas Company an oil and gas lease covering it, for a period of twenty (20) years “and so much longer as oil or gas is found thereon in paying quantities.” The lease (which together…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Secrest v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Meriwether v. LovettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Morgan v. McGeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Colonial Royalties Co. v. KeenerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Sears v. RandolphSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Yeager v. National Cooperative Refinery Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1970
- Dilworth v. FortierSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Kolb v. CarnesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Dilworth v. FortierSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960