FISHER v. SUPERIOR OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 39676.

390 P.2d 521 (1964)

Ted R. FISHER, Plaintiff in Error, v. The SUPERIOR OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA, a Corporation, et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman Hurst, Pawnee, Gus Rinehart, Oklahoma City, Ed Montgomery, Fairview, C. Lawrence Elder, Johnson, Fisher & LeDonne, Ted R. Fisher, Tulsa, pro se, for plaintiff in error.

Warren M. Sparks, Tulsa, for defendant in error Warren Petroleum Corp.

Q.L. Lupardus, Tulsa, for defendant in error Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.

Brown & Brown, Paul Brown, Oklahoma City, for defendant in error Livingston Oil Co.

Cochran, Dudley, Fowler, Rucks, Baker & Jopling, Oklahoma City, for defendant in error Superior Oil Co.

Tomerlin & High, Granville Tomerlin, Oklahoma City, for defendants in error Scannell, Fuller, Schapiro and Bochs.

Merton M. Bulla, Baker H. Mclone, Oklahoma City, for defendants in error Tulsledo Oil Co.

Crowe, Boxley, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford & Johnson, C. Harold Thweatt, Miller, Mclone, Wilson, Adams & Rogers, Baker H. Mclone, Oklahoma City, Smith, Inglish & Gray, Morris G. Gray, Okmulgee, Randall G. West, Tulsa, for other defendants in error (common brief).


JACKSON, Justice.

An attorney, Ted R. Fisher, as plaintiff, brought this action against numerous defendants who own leases and mineral interest in the Ringwood Oil Field in Major County, Oklahoma. The action was brought upon the equitable principle that a court of equity will order an allowance of attorney fees to an attorney who at his own expense has maintained a successful action and created a fund in which others may...

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