Superior Oil Co. v. Harsh

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues to enjoin defendants from operating an oil well upon the schoolhouse site located in the southwest corner of a tract of 12.17 acres, which latter tract is part and parcel of a larger one of 149 acres upon which plaintiff has an oil and gas lease from the record holder of the title. Defendants include the three school trustees and Harsh, Minton, Jobe and Somers, all interested in a later oil and gas lease of the school site executed by the trustees. Plaintiff relies upon the record title in its grantor. Defendants insist that the trustees are vested with…