Lavery v. Mid-Continent Oil Development Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Okmulgee County ; Wade S. Stanfield, Judge. Action by G. W. Lavery and others against ¡•the Mid Continent Oil Development Company, ¡a corporation. Judgment for defendant, and •¿plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BLEAKMORE, C.
This action was commenced in the district court of Okmulgee county, to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned by the failure to sink a test well pursuant to the terms of an oil and gas drilling contract. The parties appear and are referred to here as in the trial court.
Plaintiffs were the owners of an oil and gas mining lease covering 13 1-3 acres of land in Okmulgee county, and on August 10, 1912, entered into a written agreement by the terms of which, in consideration of the drilling of a test well on the premises by defendant, plaintiffs undertook to assign…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Frank Oil Co. v. Belleview Gas & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Ray v. West. Penna. N. Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Wills v. Manufacturers N. Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Cohn v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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