Stem v. Kemp
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; Geo. C. Crump, Assigned Judge. Action by Frederick B. Stem against E. Rogers Kemp and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, J.
This was an action filed in the district court of Muskogee county, by Frederick B. Stem against E. Rogers Kemp, Kanawha Oil & Gas Company, and the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, to recover royalties alleged to be due under the terms of an oil and gas lease from the plaintiff to Kemp. The material allegations in the plaintiff’s pe tition are that on January 30, 1908, plaintiff was the owner and in actual possession of the land in controversy, and that on said date he executed an oil and gas lease to the defendant Kemp, by the terms of which Kemp agreed to pay to the plaintiff one-eighth of all the…
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- Welchi v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
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- Indian Land Trust Co. v. G. L. ClementSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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