Legal Opinion

Harper v. Ford

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 29, 1957No. 37580PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALLEY, Justice.

This is a partition action by R. W. Ford and others, co-partners doing business as C & L Drilling Company, against F. E. Harper Cornell Oil Company, and Sunray, Mid-Continent Oil Company (corporate name later changed to D-X Sunray Oil Company) filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County September 27, 1955. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs on May 25, 1956, and defendants have appealed. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiffs and defendants as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiffs alleged that they were the owners of and in possession of an oil and gas lease…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Earp v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  2. Fry v. DeweesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
  3. Prairie Oil & Gas Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
  4. Wolfe v. StanfordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  5. Beardsley v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1908

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Teel v. Public Service Co. of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  2. De Mik v. CargillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
  3. Mullins v. WardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
  4. Meeker v. Ambassador Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  5. Henson v. BryantSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958

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