Merritt Oil Corp. v. Young

McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

The appellees, by their second amended petition, allege that they are the owners of a two-thirds interest in (a) 800 acres of patented land, (b) a preferential oil and gas lease to 80 acres, and (c) an oil and gas prospector’s permit to 1,880 acres, the title to which stands in the name of appellant. They pray for a decree adjudging them to be such owners, and requiring appellant to make appropriate conveyances or assignments. The trial court decreed relief substantially as prayed, subject however to the rights of appellant in and to an oil and gas lease originally…