Beardsley v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.

•The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This suit was commenced in the district, court of Montgomery county for the purpose of partitioning the rights held under an oil-and-gas lease among the owners thereof. Plaintiff Henry Beardsley owns one-half, plaintiff White one-eighth, and the defendant, the Kansas Natural Gas Company, three-eighths of the lease. B. L. and Josie Frost are the' grantors in the lease and the owners of the leased premises. They were not summoned, either in this or the district court, and have not entered an appearance' in the suit. The defendant demurred to…