State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.

The plaintiff in error, referred to hereinafter as plaintiff, brought this action against the defendant in error, referred to hereinafter as defendant, in the district court of Garfield county to recover a gross productieh tax, with penalties thereon,' on petroleum oil produced on certain described leases by the Exchange Oil Company, predecessor in title of the defendant, for the period of time commencing October 1, 1918, and ending December 31, 1921, and to foreclose a lien therefor upon the leases from which the oil was produced. In its petition plaintiff alleged that during the period…