Thompson v. Newman

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment discharging the jury, and decreeing that plaintiffs take nothing.

Plaintiffs’ suit was to establish a constructive and resulting trust upon the working interest of an oil and gas lease executed to defendants.

Plaintiffs Thompson, D. A. Griffith and C. A. Griffith, filed this suit against Consolidated Gas and Equipment Company, and L. B. Newman its president and alter ego. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Newman (acting for himself and Consolidated) advised plaintiff D. A. Griffith that he was interested in acquiring leases on lands near…