Peabody Coal Co. v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GARRETT, Presiding Judge:

Peabody Coal Company (Coal Company) filed an action against the State of Oklahoma ex rel., Commissioners of the Land Office et al (Land Office) to recover payment of lease bonuses and coal royalties paid by Coal Company to Land Office over a period of several years. The coal leases granted to Coal Company were based on purported ownership of such minerals by Land Office as being included in the reservation of minerals in Land Office patents or certificates of purchase. Land Office reserved unto the State all oil, gas and other minerals on, in and…