Meyer v. Sharp

Mr. Presiding Justice

Scheinbman delivered the opinion of the court.

In this suit, L. E. Meyer, the original plaintiff, charged that he and defendant, Olen D. Sharp, had entered into an oral partnership agreement in 1946, for the purpose of procuring blocks of oil leases, and the development of the projects, including drilling and other operations; that in January 1947, they prepared and signed a written agreement; that they had carried on the business ever since and acquired many oil leaseholds; that the defendant had secretly and clandestinely acquired interests in valuable oil leases by the…