MacLorinan v. Finley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J-.:

This was an action to quiet title to the oil and gas rights in a half section of land.

The main facts were these: On January 22, 1917, the north half of section 2, township 33 south, range 17 east, in Labette county, was owned by the Oswego Land and Cattle Company. The plaintiff, Fred Perkins, was the principal stockholder of that company. On that date it executed an oil and gas lease of the property to Mattes Brothers, of Joplin, Mo., on usual terms, needless to repeat.

Sometime prior to January 25, 1919, Perkins acquired the title of the…