CREWS v. BURKE

No. 37331.

309 P.2d 291 (1957)

Ralph W. CREWS and Beryle C. Crews, husband and wife, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Patrick BURKE; Mary H. Burke; Joseph Burke; Lawrence Burke; The unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns of Margaret M. Burke, Deceased; Champlin Refining Company, a corporation; and Northern Oklahoma Gas Company, a corporation, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.F. Priebe, Simons, Simons, Mitchell, Headrick & Mitchell, Enid, for plaintiffs in error.

I.D. Ross and David Ross, of Ross & Ross, Newkirk, for defendants in error.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This appeal involves the distribution of the proceeds of oil and gas production on a 240-acre tract of land in Kay County.

Plaintiffs in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs, were originally the owners of the entire fee in said tract. Before the land was leased for oil and gas exploration, plaintiffs, as grantors, executed and delivered to John Patrick Burke and his wife, Margaret M. Burke...

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