Yost v. Ratliff

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellee, Columbian Fuel Corporation, brought this interpleader action to have determined the proper distribution of royalties under three oil and gas leases. The facts are not in dispute, and the principal question involves the dower interest of ap-pellee Vicy Ratliff. The Chancellor allowed her the present cash value of her one-third marital interest for life in the amount of royalties which accrued while the suit was pending, and adjudged her 11.04 percent of future royalties.

Appellee Ratliff is the widow of Newton Phillips who died intestate in 1906, survived by her and…