Cowles v. Lee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Washington County; R. H. Hudson, Judge. Action by James C. Cowles, Jr., against Alva C. Lee and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This proceeding in error is to review the judgment of the trial court in an action wherein the plaintiff in error, as plaintiff, sued the defendants in error, as defendants, to cancel a certain oil and gas lease on a certain alienable tract of land, purporting to extend fifteen years, and beyond the minority of the said plaintiff.
The following grounds are set up for cancellation: (1) Lease not confirmed by order of court. (2) Failure to pay royalties. (3) Failure to sink wells. (4) Assignment of the lease without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior. (5) Plaintiff, having become of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kolachny v. GalbreathSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Morrison v. BurnetteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Beauchamp v. BertigSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Marsh v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Eldred v. Okmulgee Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Cabin Valley Mining Co. v. HallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Wellsville Oil Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Barnett v. BarnettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Gypsy Oil Co. v. EscoeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
- Mallen v. Ruth Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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