Standard Oil Co. v. Slye

Appeal from a judgment against plaintiff and from an order denying its motion for a new trial. The action was for the possession of ten acres of land situated in the northeast quarter of section 28, township 19 south, range 15 east, M. D. B. M., in Fresno County, California. Plaintiff’s title as owner in fee is undisputed. Defendant, however, claims the right to extract oil from the land until the thirtieth day of September, 1919, paying to plaintiff one-third of the gross product obtained. Defendant claims under a contract from a prior sublessee, the latter in turn holding under a lessee of…