Burford v. Stuart

DAVISON, Justice.

The parties occupy the same relative positions in this court that they had in the lower court and will be referred to by their trial court designation of “plaintiff” and ■“defendant.”

Plaintiff’s action against defendant was brought to establish plaintiff’s ownership in mineral interests held by defendant in his name, to require defendant to convey such mineral interests to plaintiff, and to require defendant to render an accounting.

The record reflects that in 1947 the defendant acquired and owned certain oil and gas mineral interests and in that year the defendant and…