Portwood v. Buckalew

MOORE, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether a landowner, having executive leasing privileges, may demand and receive from the oil and gas lessee and keep for himself to the exclusion of the non-executives, overriding royalties and cash-per-acre payments, ostensibly paid for surface damages, where, by virtue of the terms of a partition deed, the non-executives were granted a right to participate in all royalties and bonuses.

The suit commenced as a multiple party action between the heirs of W. H. and Dottie Portwood, and involved the issue stated above. This appeal grows out of a…