Gentry v. State

This is a proceeding in equity brought by Esther N. Gentry and Julia Joyce Brashear, hereinafter designated as plaintiffs, embracing two causes of action. The defendants are the State of Nebraska, hereinafter designated as State, and The Superior Oil Company, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as Superior.

The first cause of action seeks to quiet title in the plaintiffs to certain mineral rights under land owned by the plaintiffs. The second cause of action is for an accounting of rents and profits received by the State under a purported oil lease from Superior. The State demurred to both…