K & E Drilling, Inc. v. Warren

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This action was brought by plaintiff (appellant), K & E Drilling, Inc., a corporation, as the owner of an interest in an off and gas lease, seeking to quiet title thereto against defendants (appellees), Wyman M. Warren and Morris G. Veverka, who are the record owners of an overriding royalty interest assigned to them by plaintiff under a prior lease, which terminated without production and was released of record before plaintiff, in good faith, acquired its interest in its new lease in controversy. The sole question in issue is one o£ law…