Given v. Campbell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This action originated as a suit to' quiet title to plaintiff’s leasehold in 80 acres of Marion county land. It developed into a sharp controversy over a cross petitioner’s right to a materialman’s lien on the leasehold for certain articles furnished to a drilling company which had undertaken to drill a prospect hole for oil and gas on the premises. When it first set about this undertaking there was no written contract between the drilling company and the lessee. Later, when failure seemed to be foreshadowed, the status of the parties and…