Edwards v. Solar Oil Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

Joint owners of land and their agricultural tenant instituted an action against the assignee of an oil and gas lease to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the removal of oil and gas leasehold fixtures and equipment from the land, after abandonment of the oil and gas lease.

Defendant, Solar Oil Corporation, appeals from the order overruling its demurrer to the amended petition.

The amended petition was based on three separately stated counts. The first, in substance, alleged:

Plaintiffs (other than the agricultural tenant) were the…