Swearingen v. Oldham

This cause is presented on appeal from the district court of Pawnee county wherein L. D. Oldham and others as defendants obtained judgment determining their interest in the oil and gas and other minerals under a tract of land previously conveyed to their deceased father to be 15/16 and determining that Swearingen and others (plaintiffs) as heirs of the grantor in the instrument of conveyance had retained a 1/16 interest in such oil, gas and minerals. Plaintiffs in error will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiffs and defendants in error as defendants.

The deed executed by Swearingen and his…