Hitchcock v. Skelly Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This controversy steins from a dispute over the allowance of an attorney’s fee. The case is a sequel to previous litigation in this court (Aten v. Tobias, 114 Kan. 646, 220 Pac. 196) and this appeal is the result of an order on a post-decision motion in the original case of Hitchcock v. Skelly Oil Co., 197 Kan. 1, 414 P. 2d 67.

The facts involved and the issues presented in the Hitchcock case are fully presented in the opinion. It will suffice to state here that the case sought to accelerate the payment of oil royalties which were held in…