Ellis v. Cook

LUTTRELL, Y.C.J.

This is an action brought by plaintiffs Maude Cook and Virgil M. Cook, husband and wife, against Harrison E. Evans and other defendants, seeking to partition the surface and one-half of the mineral rights in three separate tracts of land in Washita county. The defendants in their answer and cross-petition prayed the court to partition the surface only for the reason that there was a great present value, and a prospect for an unusual increase in the value, of the oil and gas rights; that the value thereof placed the mineral rights beyond the ability of the defendants to…