Legal Opinion
Wickham v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 27, 1981No. 52871PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARGRAVE, Justice.
In 1967, Kenneth Wickham owned 2,552 acres of land scattered over nine miles in nine sections in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Mr. Wickham was an incompetent and had as his guardian Charles Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton, acting on behalf of Mr. Wickham, agreed to lease to Gulf Oil Corporation (Gulf Oil), co-appellee, the 2,552 acres for oil and gas purposes and executed on November 8, 1967, in favor of the appellee, a ten-year primary term oil and gas lease. Pursuant to this lease, Gulf Oil assigned undivided interests in the property to Gasa-nadarko, Ltd. (Gasanadarko) and to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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