Terminal Drilling Co. v. Jones

ON application for supersedeas. Defendants in error as plaintiffs below obtained a decree foreclosing liens claimed by them for labor in connection with the drilling of a well sunk for the purpose of exploring for oil. Under the decree, foreclosure was ordered not only upon the well itself, but upon the fee estate, the leasehold estate, and the drilling rig, equipment and tools. Plaintiffs in error had various interests in the properties so included in the decree, as will more particularly hereinafter be set forth.

Peter K. Orrison was the owner of 160 acres of land in Adams county. December…