The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-12-28
four million
ASKED IN GAS
LEASE ACTION
Refund of 81, 300, 900 and
Damages in Suit; Rights
Were Asked Cancelled.

were ASKED Cancelled.
MUShOGEE.-A suit involving the
disposal Of gas from the Usage Nation.
n which asks more than four million
dollars in damages, was filed in United
States district court here Wednesday.
Because Of the prominence Of the
companies involved. and the fact that
the suit disclosaT how big a part is
played by oral agreements in the dis.
triburing Of sas from valuable Usage
Oil lands, the action is expected to
cause a sensation in oil and legal cir.
r(es in the Mid.C Continent fields.
The Kansas Natural Gas company, a
corporation. John NJ. LAndon, receiy-
er for the Kansas Natural; the Mar
net Mining company, a corporation;
John NJ. Landon, receiver for The Mar
net company; the Empire Natural Gas
company, all Join as plaintiffs in the
suit. The defendant is the Owsn-Osage
OIL and Gas company, q Delaware cor
poration. The exact amount asked III
damage Is s4,Os5. 7s2.52
III settins ny q cause OF action, the
plaintiffs disclose now big companies
Use figursheads III the obtaining OF
leases where the personal equation Is
q matter Of Large consideration. Charles
Owen Of CineyY Kan, brother or WI
liam Owen o. Mushogee and owen
owen Of Tulsa IS named by the plain
tiffs as the man who obtained the lease
10 l65,7B0 e.lVS OF Usage lands as a
feeder for tbs Kansas Natural, when
that company because % its receiver
ship difficulties ana q limited person.
al obstruction could net obtain The
leafe for itself.
Furnished Owen With Money
LsAdon. rseei1er Tor the Kansas Nat.
trbl during its receiYership, and en-
lowered to cortlnue lawsuits in the
name Of the company, although its 70.
ceivership has ended, details in tile
petition that in he effort TO obtain a
gas supply for hundreds Of thousands
Of consumers served ~ the Kansas
Natural, he turned 70 the immense
Usage gas supply 80 q solution OF his
troubles.
He sets forth th,t because OF the re.
oeirership involving me Kansas Natdr.
al, he was unable 30 obtain a lease
through the secre ary Of the inter.
iCr while receiver for the company. The
petition says he induced Charles owen
10 obtain q lease in owen name on
10000 acres Of Osare tribal lands. e1.
ecuted as OF April Is. 1916. A company,
called the Usage Natural Gas company.
was formed to operate the lease and
this company in turn was to sell the
gas TO the receiver Of the Kansas Nat.
ural ana It's subsidiary, the Marnet
Mining company.
According to the petition, Iandon
financed Owens efforts in obtaining
the lease, and later the Kansas Natlr.
al furnished the money with which
the lease was developed and tue sas
brought 10 the surface. . also fur
nished the pipe FOR gathoeing and
trunk lines, according to Laud0n.
Ask si.396.l93 Refuna
Since tho Cwen.Osage company seeks
70 disregard It's obligation to ,hs KaA
sas Natural interests. ga the rstition
alleges, the Kansas Natural ,hreueh
the petition asks q refund os all money
paid IN excess Of six cents q Thousand
at the well. Under the sva contracts
and the supplemented agreements. this
refund asked Tor la sts actually pur.
chased mounts 10 81. ggs, is3.Tl.
Recovery 81 ssQs.ilO over and above
q possible reimburse the Kansas Nat.
uIal Interests Tor money pad ia equip
msnt for the operating companies. \
claim for s2O1. 1918 Is included Tor pipe
furnished under the SUPPLEMENTAL
agreement covering North OsaGe" gas
with an additional claim " Sj3,29s for
8 connection between Caney Kan, ana
the Kansas Natural trunk line.
In addition go thr refunds ana equip.
ment elaine. a quarter Of y million
dollars Is asked 90 reimburse the Ran.
sas Natural interests Tor money spent
In obtaining o. supply q gas after the
difficulty with the Owen.CsAge dcyel.
opmeut.