Sudik v. Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.

William Sudik, who held an agricultural lease from the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state of Oklahoma upon certain school land in Oklahoma county, Okla., instituted proceedings in the nature of condemnation, as provided by section 9421, C. O. S. 1921 (5592, O. S. 1931), in the district court of Oklahoma county, Okla., against Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, a corporation, which company held an oil and gas lease upon the same land from the said Commissioners. The purpose of the action was to determine the damages alleged to have been done to Sudik’s lease rights under the liability…