The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-28
RECEIVER ASKED FOR
GATES OIL COMPANY
IN $l,4OO,OOO SUIT
Landowner Alleges Illegal
Lease and Mismanagement
Of Company.

f.eceivership cancellation OF leases
IN section 10. 4s.2w. Hewitt field. and
damages TO the amount OF 81 400 600
are asked in petition filed in the
district court by Semean Jackson,
through his attorneys, H. A. Iedbetter
nd Ledbeter and Hudson, against the
Gates Oil company. Jackson alleges
that the lease under which the Gates
company is operating in the east half
6l the northeast quarter of the south
vest quarter and the southwest quar-
r Of the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter and the east half
cf the southwest quarter Of the north
east quarter and the north half OF
The northwest quarter Of the south
east quarter Of section 10, 4s2w were
originally acquired by p. {. Dings on
August II. 1913, through David Lewis
~ho was at that time his legal guar
Ian. Jackson being under age then
The manner in which Dlngs acquired
me leases, alleges jackson. was such
as 10 be invalid and thus make the
lease Of no effect, due TO failure Of
u.e county court Of McCurtain county
IA AQNtIkANr NltIA Lilt lfslNF nhAll w
sold and failure TO sell the lease at
ruOlic sale. Jackson, who describes
himself as a fullblood Choctaw. fur
ipcr states in his petition that the ap-
proyat which pings received from the
~ecretary VI the interior following the
NcCurtain court order was void be.
.ause the order OF the court approx
-.us he sale originally was not valid.
nlngg il alleged 10 have assigned
the leases over TO the Gates Oil com.
!ant. Jackson states thar the appro.
WI of he secretary OF the interior
-sa-tns.- assignment is void in hat the
s,nal order approving the sale ot
--h- lease to Dinss was performed IN
uplN than legal manner.
,srordy after acuuuing the leases
states the plaintln the Gates OH
.lmpany started 10 develop The land
no cold oil produced 10 ths amount
~ 8 900 900 from the lease which
.oy,r- the eas, half OF The southwest
u.rt,r " the southeast quarter OF
section li 4s.2w.
Plaintiff alleges that the cor/,dera.
ion which Dnss paid him Tor the
lease was wholly inadequate and that
Is the lease had been sold at public
Hd Inl 10 the manner prescribed by
Hw DO would have brought much
greater sum than that paid Cor st.
'tH- plaintiff asks for the cancellation
U the lease covering these tracts
ANA that the defendant account 10 him
Tor a ol produced from them less
.ss o..
uf .lm,
~ second cause Of action. Jack
y.iu alleges thot The Gates company
-bad rentals on the east half Of the
northeast quarter OF the southwest
quarter aud the southeast of the
southwest VI the northwest quarter
uutu certain date tblank IN the
petition a. which time the Jefcn-
dtnf i-faul'cd after receiving Motif.
,aIou from the department ot Mus.
.-.os-- thal the rentals were due. bu,
The Gates company further ollpge, the
plaintiff procured the secretary OF
Tie Interior to reinstatc the lease
bN payment ~ rentals when the lease
wa worth 3apO pyr acre. The action
" the secretary no reinstaung the
lease. states the plaintiff. was invalid
because The McCurtaiu county court
issued no order authorizing its rc.
instatemeut. Production on this 20.
sCre tract already produced Is worth
approximately 500 900 alleges Jack
sUn and asks Tor cancellation ~ this
lease and payment for oil taken out
less reasonable cost u producing.
IN a third cause OF action, jackson
asks $500 900 damages which h,
ylslms as due FOR failure Of the Gates
company to properly manage the 20
acre property. and as result OF
which companies with offset wells
have dra1ped oil from under the land,
snd thus caused the plaintiff to SUI
ter loss
He alleges that the Gates No.
has four pruducing wells adjacent
10 a. No. has three adjacent to II
NJ. . has four adjacent to IL. No. .
has two adjacent to a., 40. has one
adjacent to It and No. has thre'
adjacent to IT, The lands In the vicin
ity Of the lease. states jackson. hav'
several producing sands ranging from
1900 feet to 1000 feet To the soutl
and west Of Gates No. / Skeny oi
Omp.ny has ,uil,ed 10 the deep sand