Guss v. Nelson

Opinion of the court, bv

Pancoast, J.:

Action commenced in the district court .of Logan county by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to recover the sum of $4,500.00 upon the following contract:

“Memorandum of agreement made and entered into this 28th day of May, 1900, to wit. as follows: J. T. Nelson agrees on his part to turn over 25 per cent of the capital stock of the following coal companies located in the Creek Nation, to wit: Sapulpa, Choctaw, Catoosa, Wewoka, Red Fork, Neyaka, Concharty, Tulsa, Car Creek and Broken Arrow Mining Companies, to the following persons: U.…