Cook v. Western Trust & Savings Bank

This action was begun by the plaintiff to recover of and from the defendant certain moneys received by the defendant from the Shell Oil Company, royalties belonging to the plaintiff by reason of her ownership in and to certain premises or units in and to certain premises operated by the Shell Oil Company in the extraction of oil and other hydrocarbon products. The entire tract of land included 20 acres. It appears from the record, however, that the plaintiff’s interest related only to a certain 5 acres thereof, being 1095/2500ths part of the 5 acres. The land originally belonged to a man by…