Jones v. Sunflower Natural Gas Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to quiet title to certain oil and gas leases against a lien imposed thereon to satisfy an unpaid claim for well drilling.

Plaintiffs claimed to be the owners of the leases. The Sunflower Natural Gas Company, defendant, was in possession of the leases and made the contract for the drilling. Charles McDonald, intervener, was the driller who filed the lien claim. The issues formed by the pleadings revealed the position of the Sunflower company to be largely neutral. The main conflict of interest lay between plaintiffs and…