Phillips v. Bruce

Plaintiff brought two actions to quiet his title to five per cent of the oil and gas produced and saved from two parcels of land in the Huntington Beach oil field in Orange county. The cases were consolidated for trial. Defendants had judgment and this appeal followed. Three oil leases are involved.

Defendant Earoline Schaaf owned ten acres and the defendant Sara B. Bruce owned five acres of land, parts of which are here, involved. The Bruce property adjoined the north half of the Schaaf property on the east. William Schaaf, as trustee, holds an interest in the oil produced from the Schaaf…