Ashland Oil & Refining Co. v. Bond

This was originally an action at law brought by Durbin Bond to recover the sum of $12,737.85, alleged to be due to Bond as his share of the proceeds from the sale of oil produced from a well as to which Bond and the defendant, Ashland Oil & Refining Company, are colessees. The complaint asserts that Ashland, as the operating lessee, has wrongfully charged to Bond certain expenses incident to reworking the well. Ashland’s principal defense is that Bond’s share of these expenses should be deducted from his pro rata part of the income from the venture. The cause having been transferred to…