Mitchell v. Ashton

This action involves the title to and the right to remove a portion of certain easing now standing cemented in an oil well.

James M. Mitchell and Catherine T. Mitchell, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs, were the owners of certain real property situated in the Torrance oil field, Torrance, Cali*102fornia. On the 4th day of May, 1938, they executed an oil and gas lease covering said real property, to the Selegna Drilling and Producing Company. Through mesne conveyances said oil and gas lease was thereafter transferred to Kovell Oil Company. The latter company drilled and brought into…