Hawkins v. Okla Oil Co.

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This cause is a suit by the plaintiff, as guardian of Grade Hawkins, a minor, for the recovery of damages from the defendants for the alleged unauthorized taking of oil from a certain tract of land, in which it is alleged the said minor has an interest. The case was tried to the court, jury having been formally waived. Pursuant to ruling made at the trial, the only question now for consideration is whether or not the heirs of one Elijah Corbray, deceased, in whose name the land was originally selected (he having died in May, 1899, intestate, and before selection) had…