Cochran v. Godard

This is an action by C. B. Godard against Agnes Cochran, Frank Cochran, and W. F. Schulte to recover money expended in payment of taxes on a certain tract of land. From an order overruling a demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence, and from judgment rendered for plaintiff, the defendants bring this appeal. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below.

July 2, 1935, plaintiff became the owner of a three-eighths interest in the mineral rights of a 40-acre tract of land. The defendants Agnes and Frank Cochran own the surface rights thereof, and defendant W. F. Schulte owns one-half the mineral…