Lemaster v. Hudson

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

Mabala Lemaster filed a petition asking for onetbird of tbe royalty that is 'being paid upon oil tbat is being "pumped from land in wbicb -sbe is entitled to dower: A demurrer was sustained to ber petition and sbe bas. appealed.

W. W. Conley died intestate in 1904, leaving surviving bim bis widow, Mahala Conley (now Lemaster), and 12 cbildren, as bis beirs at law, to whom there passed bis farm of about 115 acres. After the death of the husband, the widow and remaindermen joined in oil leases on this land, and oil has been found upon it in…