Black v. Bell

HERR. C.

The parties appear in this court as they did in the trial court ; that is, plaintiff in error was plaintiff below and defendant in error, defendant. They will be so referred to in this opinion.

This controversy grows out of the division of proceeds arising from the sale of oil and gas leases in which the defendant and plaintiff were jointly interested. These leases consisted of two tracts, one of 40 ac es. and the other of 160 acres. They were procured by the plaintiff from the owners, plaintiff contending that he paid therefor the sum of $4,000 and that the defendant had one-eighth…