Barton v. Butler County Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an appeal by one of the litigants, in a case in which a receiver had been appointed, from an order of the court directing the receiver to pay taxes upon money in his custody and which had come into his hands by virtue of the receivership.

The Arkansas River Gas Company, a corporation, with headquarters at-Wichita, was operating, among other properties, what is known as the Parris lease, which'is an oil and gas lease on lands in Butler county. The company claimed to be the owner of the *546lease or of some specific interest therein and to…