Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. Larkins

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Oklahoma county reversing the action of the board of adjustment of Oklahoma City and ordering the building superintendent of Oklahoma City to issue to the applicant, R. Carl Larkins, one of the defendants in error, a permit to drill a well for oil and gas upon a tract of land in the U-7 drilling zone in Oklahoma City.

Larkins applied to the building superintendent of Oklahoma City for a permit to drill an oil and gas well on a tract of unplatted land consisting of .168 of an acre located in the U-7 drilling zone in Oklahoma City. The…