Michigan Minerals, Inc. v. Williams

This is a suit brought by plaintiff Michigan Minerals, Inc., for an accounting and the appointment of a receiver over certain oil leases in Kent and Ottawa counties in which Michigan Minerals, Inc., and defendant Williams are the owners of fractional interests. Kinwell Oil Company, owner of fractional interests in the same leases, and H. R. Fothergill, owner of an interest in one of these leases, intervened as parties plaintiff and prayed for the same relief.

This case, like many others, contains disputed questions of fact. The record is voluminous. Approximately 700 exhibits were introduced.…