Johnson v. McLaughlin

We will herein refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court where defendants in error were plaintiffs and plaintiffs in error were defendants, or by name.

Plaintiffs’ complaint contains two claims. The first is in the ordinary form of an action to quiet title in and to the oil and gas contained or belonging in or under 320 acres of land in Rio Blanco county, Colorado, known as the White River Ranch. The prayer under the second claim is that, the court enter a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs are the sole owners of the gas and oil above mentioned. Plaintiffs claim the oil and…