Mendenhall v. Verdigris River Producing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien on oil and gas property. It was tried to the court and judgment was rendered for plaintiff.

C. E. Stonesipher was the owner of a tract of land situated in Woodson and Greenwood counties on which there were five oil wells and considerable oil and gas equipment, which was also owned by Stonesipher. On August 26, 1919, he entered into a written agreement with W. E. DeYarmett, A. I. Holtum, and others, by which he agreed to lease to them his lands and oil wells thereon and to sell to them the oil and…