BD. OF TRUSTEES OF TOWN OF TALOGA v. HADSON ETC.

No. 50449.

574 P.2d 1038 (1978)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF TALOGA, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., and Oft Exploration, Inc., Appellants, v. HADSON OHIO OIL COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation and Gordon Carpenter, John Doe and Mary Roe, named as representative defendants on behalf of all of the Owners of Lots or Blocks in the Town of Taloga, Dewey County, Oklahoma, Appellees. John LOGAN and Hadson Ohio Oil Company, a corporation, Appellees, v. HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC., a corporation, the Town of Taloga, Oklahoma, and Oft Exploration Company, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley L. Collier, Collier & Fahle, Taloga, R. Dobie Langenkamp, Gary M. McDonald, Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Langenkamp, Tulsa, Leon Gavras, Carl H. Young, III, Halmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, for appellants.

Tom J. Ruble, Taloga, John M. Rowntree, Monnet, Hayes, Bullis, Thompson & Edwards, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


DOOLIN, Justice:

This appeal involves the question of ownership of the minerals under the streets and alleys of the Town of Taloga, Oklahoma. Both the town itself and the abutting property owners claim the mineral interests and the right to lease.

Taloga is located in Dewey County on land formerly a part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Reservation. On April 12, 1892, by presidential proclamation, Benjamin Harrison...

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