Barton v. Butler County Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Sedgwick district court, division No. 3; Jesse D. Wall, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
DawsoN, J.:
This was an action by stockholders of the Butler County Oil Company to set aside a compromise settlement of a controversy in litigation between their company and the Arkansas River Gas Company over an oil lease and to set aside the assignment of the lease executed pursuant to that settlement.
The outstanding facts which disclose the interest of the parties and which led up to this lawsuit are as follows: In January, 1916, William Parris and wife, the owners of the west half of section 20, *438township 23 south, range 4 east, in Butler county,…
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