GILLHAM v. JENKINS

No. 34338.

206 Okla. 440 (1952)

244 P.2d 291

GILLHAM v. JENKINS et al.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving D. Ross and David Ross, Newkirk, and Bruce B. Potter, Blackwell, for plaintiff in error.

Felix C. Duvall, Ponca City, and Peyton E. Brown, Blackwell, for defendants in error.


GIBSON, J.

This action was brought by C.J. Gillham, guardian of the estate of Sherman G. Peeples, an incompetent, against above named defendants, the owners of an oil and gas lease on 80 acres of land owned by the above-named incompetent. Plaintiff is seeking to recover a royalty one-eighth of the proceeds of all gas sold from a gas well drilled on said land by defendants.

The oil and gas lease was executed by plaintiff guardian on January 17, 1944. It contained...

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