Van Meter v. Westgate Oil Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Oklahoma county, Okla., granting the Westgate Oil Company and the Grisson Oil Corporation, hereinafter referred to as applicants, a permit to drill an oil and gas well upon lot 20, block 12. Phillips & Mead East Side addition to Oklahoma City, Okla. The board of education, J. W. Van Meter, building superintendent of said city, and Oklahoma City, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as protestants, have brought this appeal.

The protestants present seven assignments of error, but we deem it necessary to discuss only…