Sutcliffe v. Joey Drilling & Exploration, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., Chief Judge.

The subject of this proceeding is an oil and gas lease in Neosho County, Kansas, known as the Moore lease, which was dated March 31, 1961, and in which defendant Joey Drilling and Exploration, Inc., was the original lessee. Plaintiff, a mechanic’s lien holder, brought this action to enforce and foreclose his mechanic’s lien. Defendant United States of America set up several general tax liens in its answer, and asked that they be foreclosed against the interest of Joey Drilling and Exploration, Inc. in the Moore lease. Judgment was…