Mid-Texas Petroleum Co. v. Western Lumber & Hdwe. Co.

This action was brought in Beckham county, Okla., by the Western Lumber & Hardware Company against the Mid-Texas Petroleum Company and A. E. Heiden, on March 25, 1931, to recover for some material furnished to the defendant for the development of an oil and gas lease. The defendant, after several dilatory pleas, filed its answer on May 4, 1931. On October 31, 1931, judgment by default was taken against the defendants. On January 11, 1932, the defendant, Mid-Texas Petroleum Company, filed its motion to vacate the said default judgment, alleging, in short, that theretofore the court clerk’s…