Jones v. Hayton

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is an appeal under the provisions of 12 O.Supp.1957 Sec. 956.1 et seq. from the District Court of Noble County, Oklahoma, and involves the question of the distribution of the net proceeds from the sale of a farm, in a partition proceeding, in which the minerals had been severed from the surface. There are sixty (60) owners, fifty-four (54) of whom owned a portion of both surface and minerals, and six of whom owned only a mineral interest. The plaintiffs in error owned and undivided one-half interest in the minerals but no interest in the surface.

The undisputed facts are…