State Ex Rel. Com'rs of Land Office v. Southland Royalty Co.

The State of Oklahoma on relation of the Commissioners of the Land Office instituted this action against the Southland Royalty Company to quiet title to 160 acres of land in Texas county, Oklahoma. Plaintiff *285•alleged that the State was. the owner of the land in fee simple and in possession, having acquired title by sheriff’s deed dated June 25, 1941, duly recorded on the same date; that the Southland Royalty Company claimed some interest in the land, alleged to be inferior to the title of the State, and prayed for judgment quieting title and barring the Southland Royalty Company from any…