Lehmann v. Keller

JOHNSON, Judge:

David and Edna Keller appeal from the order declaring C. Ernest Lehmann the owner of certain oil and gas property and enjoining the Kellers from interfering with Lehmann’s use of this property. Our principal task in this Opinion is to determine what possessory rights the lease of oil and gas wells creates in the derricks, casings and other pumping equipment attached to the wells at the time the wells are leased. We must also determine whether the lessee can acquire title to the leased wells and the attached equipment through adverse possession.

We conclude that a leasehold…