Cosden Oil & Gas Co. v. Hendrickson

This case was tried by the court below without a jury, and the court’s findings of fact are as follows:

“1st. That the land covered by the oil and gas lease in controversy is the allotment of the defendant Thomas Hendrick-son, who is a duly enrolled Creek Indian citizen .of 1-16 blood.

“2nd. That on the 20th day of March, 1916, James Hendrickson, as the guardian of said Thomas Hendrickson, then a minor, made, executed and delivered to the General Investment Company an oil and gas mining lease, in due form, for a period of five years from that date, on said -land; that thereafter, to wit, on the…