Thornburgh v. Cole

On April 24, 1945, Mary Thornburgh King and Mac Thornburgh instituted this action in the district court of Okmulgee county against Ben Hur Coal Company, a corporation, and John T. Cole and wife, Adelaide M. Cole, seeking to cancel certain coal mining leases and an overriding royalty contract between defendants, and for damages ■ alleged to have been suffered by them by reason of the overriding royalty contract between the defendants.

Judgment was rendered for the defendants, except that it provided that the coal mining leases would be canceled unless the defendant, Ben Hur Coal Company, began…