Carlson v. TIOGA HOLDINGS CO.

BURKE, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs brought this action to nullify a declaration of trust and conveyances of certain mineral interests made pursuant to such declaration upon the ground that both the declaration and the conveyances violate express provisions of the statutes of this state. Upon trial of the action the court found against the plaintiffs- and awarded: judgment in favor of the defendants. Plaintiffs .have appealed from the judgment and have demanded a trial anew in this court.

The avowed purpose of the trust was to pool the oil and gas interests of the parties thereto so they “may…