Preston v. Shields

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action to quiet the title to an oil and gas lease, for possession and an accounting of oil and gas produced. Defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was sustained on the grounds the petition failed to state a cause of action and that the action was barred. From that ruling plaintiff appeals.

The suit is between the assignees of two separate oil and gas leases executed approximately thirteen years apart on the same quarter section of land and by .the same landowners, John Letsch and his wife. The petition is voluminous.…