Reavis v. State

This was an action in equity brought by Grace G. Reavis against the state of Nebraska and the Pawnee Royalty Company, a copartnership, to set aside an oil and gas lease issued by the state of Nebraska to the Pawnee Royalty Company upon real estate owned by the plaintiff. The trial court held that the state did not reserve any rights under the deed to plaintiff, and therefore canceled the oil and gas lease given to the Pawnee Royalty Company by the state of Nebraska. The attorney general appeals.

The petition recites in detail how the plaintiff became the owner of a certain 40 acres of land in…