Legal Opinion
Snakard v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 22, 1960No. 38404PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALLEY, Justice.
The case was tried to the court and resulted in a judgment for the defendants so far as the establishment and enforcement of a constructive trust is concerned, but title of the plaintiff was quieted as to the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 2-T14N-R2E, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, covered by oil and gas lease in favor of plaintiff.
Plaintiff alleged that he employed McLaughlin in December, 1955, to make a study of the North Wellston Field for the principal purpose of obtaining and developing leases in that field, and furnished to McLaughlin, a geologist, certain confidential…
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- Luton v. MartinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
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