Midwest Oil Corporation v. Winsauer

This suit was instituted by petitioners, R. F. Scheig, Sally Scheig Simons and husband, C. B. Simons, and Midwest Oil Corporation against Weldon 0. Winsauer, J. P .Pruett and wife, Nellie F. Pruett, J. W. Crouch and wife, Mary Crouch, Crouch Dairies, Inc., Reese Wade, W. B. Moss, and Gas Gathering Co., seeking a declaratory judgment that their 15-year term royalty had not expired.

The term royalty deed, dated March 16, 1940, contained a provision that the grant and the rights, title, and privileges granted should extend for a period of fifteen years from date and so long thereafter as oil,…