Leidig v. Hoopes

WILLIAMS, Vice Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Louis J. Hoopes, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Jane Leidig and others, hereinafter referred to as defendants, and involves the ownership of certain oil, gas and other mineral rights in and under a 160 acre tract of land in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

There is no dispute as to the facts involved, they being largely stipulated and agreed. The land in question was patented in 1913 to Will W. Reed. Will W. Reed and Rosa A. Reed had been married in 1906, and remained husband and wife until the death of Rosa A. Reed. In 1940…