Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Melton

This cause presents error from the district court of Stephens county, Okla., wherein plaintiff in error wasi defendant, and defendant in error was plaintiff. For convenience parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff alleged in 'his petition that he was the owner of an oil and gas lease in Stephens county, describing the same. That he assigned said lease to the defendant for a consideration of $1 and one-eighth of all the oil and gas produced and sold off said premises. Plaintiff further alleged that defendant had entered upon said lease and produced oil…