Hoffman v. Sohio Petroleum Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

In this action, under pleadings not in controversy but joining issue on all questions pertinent thereto; judgment was rendered adjudicating the past, present and future rights of the parties to the landowners’ royalty payable under the terms of a basic oil and gas lease covering two quarter sections of real estate, which had been sold in two separate tracts to different purchasers after the execution of such lease. Plaintiffs, the purchasers of one of such tracts, appeal from the judgment decreeing they have no right to share in royalty…