Prairie Oil & Gas Co. v. Jordan

On the 2nd day of February, 1925, Mrs. P. E. V. Jordan, Minnie -B. Alexander and others, as heirs at law of J. M. Jordan, deceased, executed an oil and gas lease on certain land in Pottawatomie county to F. R. McKown. The lease contained a cause which warranted the title to the land.

On May 2, 1925, McKown assigned the lease to W. M. Williams, who, on May 27th, assigned it to the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. At the time the lease and assignments were executed, there was a decree of the county court of Pottawatomie county which decreed the lessors to be the only ‘heirs at law of J. M. Jordan,…