Whepley Oil Co. v. Associated Oil Co.

Plaintiff instituted this action for the purpose of recovering from defendant a specified sum of money which was claimed to be due as royalty on casing-head gasoline produced from natural gas derived from an oil well located on plaintiff’s land which had been leased by plaintiff to defendant. Certain provisions of the agreement of lease formed the basis for plaintiff’s claim that the defendant was legally obligated to pay the amount for whose recovery the suit was brought. Upon the conclusion of a trial of the issues raised by plaintiff’s complaint and defendant’s answer thereto the trial…