Legal Opinion
Brunson v. Com'rs of Land Office
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 23, 1930No. 20029PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASON, O. J.
Parties occupy the same position here as in the trial court and will be referred to herein as plaintiffs and defendants, as they there appeared.
Oil was discovered near Red river in the year 1919, and a dispute arose between the state of Oklahoma, the state of Texas, and the United States government as to the ownership of the Red river bed. Texas claimed title and took possession by armed force. Oklahoma claims title and the defendants, Commissioners of the Land Office, as a basis for the assertion of Oklahoma’s title, issued oil and gas leases to the plaintiffs or their assignors.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ward v. Board of Commr's of Love Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Oklahoma v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- State Ex Rel. Dunlop, State Treas. v. CruceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
- Wilkin v. Shell Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. v. WilkinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. MurrayDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1932
- Commissioners of the Land Office v. BrunsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- State Ex Rel. Com'rs of Land Office v. WardenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- The Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation v. State of Oklahoma and the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State OfoklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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