Pierce Oil Corporation v. Schacht
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Okmulgee County; Ernest B. Hughes, Judge. Suit by William H. Schacht and others against the Pierce Oil Corporation. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcNEILL, J.
This controversy arose by William H. Schacht et al. filing suit to cancel a lease on the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15, township 13 north of range 14 east, containing 40 acres, which said lease was owned by Pierce Oil Corporation, which company was in possession of and developing the same at, the time of bringing suit. Por convenience. William H. Schacht et al. will be referred to as the plaintiffs and Pierce Oil Corporation as the defendant, being the position they occupied in the court below.
The facts are, substantially, that Lee Doyle, a mixed-blood Creek Indian,…
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