Utilities Production Corp. v. Riddle

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Pittsburg county in favor of the defendants in error, who were the plaintiffs in the trial court, against the plaintiff in error, who was the defendant in the trial court. Hereinafter the parties will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendant.

The plaintiffs Coleman Riddle and Nancy Riddle brought an action against the defendant for the purpose of procuring the cancellation of a portion of a certain oil and gas mining lease held by the defendant. The material allegation of the petition was that the defendant had abandoned the lease as…