MERCURY OIL REFINING COMPANY v. RICHARDSON

No. 36904.

296 P.2d 964 (1956)

MERCURY OIL REFINING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Sam RICHARDSON, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1956.

Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, Shipp, Robertson & Barnes, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Long & Long, Pauls Valley, for defendant in error.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

Defendant in error is the owner of a certain 40 acres of land in Garvin County, Oklahoma, under an oil and gas lease. After a well drilled for oil under said lease was completed as a dry hole, he commenced the present action, as plaintiff, naming "Mercury Oil and Refining Company" (which apparently refers to plaintiff in error, Mercury Oil Refining Company), as defendant and owner of said lease, to recover...

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