Flag Oil Corporation of Delaware v. Phelps

WILLIAMS, Vice Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Ewing W. Phelps, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Flag Oil Corporation of Delaware and Panhandle Co-Operative Royalty Company, hereinafter referred to as defendants, and others not involved in this appeal, to quiet title to a certain tract of land situated in Texas County, Oklahoma. Defendants each filed an answer and 'cross-petition asserting an undivided interest in the minerals in 'and under the land involved and seeking to quiet title to such interest. The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiff quieting his title to…