Pauley v. Faucett

The plaintiff, Edwin W. Pauley, as lessee of an oil and gas lease executed by the decedent Edward P. Shoemaker to one C. C. Potter and assigned by Potter to Pauley, filed this action in interpleader and for declaratory relief in reference to the disposition of royalties accruing under said lease and held by plaintiff. By order of court, accrued and accruing royalties were deposited with the clerk of the court.

The events leading up to the present litigation, chronologically arranged, are as follows:

March 14, 1947, Edward P. and Margaret F. Shoemaker, husband and wife, and owners of the real…