Shaffer v. Marks
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
Suit by Charles B. Shaffer against John H. Marks and McCartney, landowners, and Aggers, second lessee, to restrain said Aggers from drilling the land for oil and gas and to cancel Aggers’ lease as cloud on title of complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
Without stating the case in detail, the court will outline the conclusions reached after a careful study of the voluminous record and the many authorities relied upon by counsel in support of their several contentions as to the law of this case.
[1, 2] At the threshold lies the question of the court’s jurisdiction, raised by counsel for defendant Aggers by supplemental brief filed by leave of court after the case was heard and submitted upon the merits. As against the jurisdiction it is alleged that, inasmuch as it appears that the plaintiff, Shaffer, bases his right…
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