State v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Washington County; R. H. Hudson, Judge. Action by the State of Oklahoma to es-cheat real property of the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. Judgment for defendant, and the State prosecutes error.
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, C. J.
On December 31, 1912, the state of Oklahoma instituted in the district court of Washington county its action against the Prairie Oil & Gas Company to have declared escheated to the state large bodies of land owned by said company and located in Washington, Nowata, Creek, and Okmulgee counties. The petition contains 42 separate causes of action, one for each tract or parcel of land involved. The lands described in paragraphs 2 to 14, both inclusive, and paragraph 33 were acquired by the Prairie Oil & Gas Company prior to statehood. To the paragraphs named, the district court, on January 6,…
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