WOOTTON v. MELTON

No. 53822.

631 P.2d 1337 (1981)

Alton C. WOOTTON and Geneva Wootton, husband and wife, Appellants, v. Lela MELTON, a widow, and Thermo-Dyne, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Released for Publication May 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Moore, Hollis, for appellants.

Yonne P. McDaniel, Mangum, for appellee Lela Melton.


Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals May 21, 1981.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

The principal issue to be decided is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to sustain a finding that the grantor of certain land is the beneficial owner of a life estate interest in one-half the income from oil and gas production from land conveyed years earlier. The trial court, in holding the 88-year-old grantor was entitled...

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