Eagle Oil Corp. v. Cohassett Oil Corp.

‘ Under an oil and gas lease from one Harm Doctor, the Eagle Oil Corporation drilled a well on certain premises in Muskegon county at a total cost of $13,272.31. At first the well produced in paying quantities. Subsequently it was held by this court in Doctor v. Turner, 251 Mich. 175, that the lessor had no title to the property, that the title was in Joseph H. Metcalf. Turner was interested in the litigation as lessee in a lease which he claimed to have from Metcalf. During the litigation over the title, the plaintiff remained in possession, but immediately thereafter was ousted in ejectment…