Askins v. British-American Oil Producing Co.

Plaintiff, Otto As-kins, claiming to be the owner of mineral interests in certain vacated streets in Oklahoma City, brought this action against the British-American Oil Producing Company, lessee of the blocks adjacent to the streets above referred to, for an accounting and to recover the value of oil and gas which he alleges was produced by defendant from those portions of the streets and alleys claimed by him. Defendant in its answer denied generally the allegations of the petition, admitted its ownership of the oil and gas lease on the blocks in question, and that it had drilled three wells…