Ledford v. Atkins

OSBORNE, Judge.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment as to the rights of the parties to an assignment of an oil lease. Appellants Ledford were lessees of another, whose identity is not disclosed in these proceedings. Ledford, in turn, assigned the leased premises consisting of several tracts to Harry Kaplin of Skokie, Illinois. Kaplin, in turn, made an assignment of his interest to the appellee herein, Tommy Atkins, general partner of Tommy Atkins Producing Company, a partnership.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are holders of the lease by virtue of an assignment from Kaplin;…