Kawfield Oil Co. v. Illinois Refining Co.

Plaintiff in error was defendant in the trial court, and the defendant in error was plaintiff there. The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court. In that court on the 17th day of April, 1926, the plaintiff commenced the action to recover approximately $154,000 alleged to be due it from the defendant, through the joint ownership and operation of certain oil properties in Creek county, Okla. Plaintiff alleged that the amount owing could not be determined without an accounting, and that such indebtedness arose through expenses incurred in the operation of the…