Petersen v. Skidmore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment cancelling an oil and gas lease. Earl W. Skidmore filed a disclaimer. The other defendants resisted and appeal. The action was tried on the following agreed statement of facts:

“It is agreed that the West Half (W %) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. %) of Section Two (2), Township Twenty-two (22), Range Four (4), East of the Sixth Principal Meridian was owned by the plaintiff, Carl Petersen, on the 2d day of August, 1917. That at said time Carl Petersen was a married man, and resided upon the said land and…