Holland v. Ross

For clarity and brevity the defendant in error and plaintiff in error will be referred to herein as “plaintiff” and “defendant,” respectively. The undisputed facts out of which the controversy between the two parties arose are substantially as hereinafter related.

In September, 1935, plaintiff, who is in the business of drilling and producing oil and gas wells, drilled a producing gas well upon a lot belonging to one Walter Ross, in the town of Foyil, Okla. After plaintiff had equipped the well for production, and on or about October 9, 1935, it was connected with the gas distributing system…