Arkansas River Gas Co. v. Molk

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment overruling appellant’s motion to be substituted as plaintiff in this action and sustaining appellee’s motion that the action be dismissed.

To determine the propriety of the trial court’s rulings, the previous record of the case must be briefly stated:

On May 8, 1924, this action was begun by the Arkansas River Gas Company to recover from Isador Molk the sum of $2,470 as the value of certain oil-well casing alleged to be the property of plaintiff which defendant Molk had converted to his own use. The cause was…