Townsend v. Creekmore-Rooney Company

This action was initiated by plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, against defendants in error, defendants below, to cancel an oil and gas lease on the NJ4 of the NE14, and the SE14 of the NE14, Section 5, Township 13 North, Range 6 East, I. M., Lincoln County, Oklahoma, and to recover royalty payments under the lease alleged to have been lost to lessors by reason of drainage permitted by the lessees. Trial was to the court, and the defendants’ motion for judgment at the conclusion of plaintiffs’ evidence was sustained. Plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was denied and they have appealed. We…