Huston v. Cox

Citations

• 103 Kan. 73
• 172 P. 992
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 187

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Jurisdiction' — Oil cmd Gas Lease — Land in a/nother County — Appointment of Receiver. A receiver may be appointed by the district court for an oil and gas lease of land beyond the jurisdiction, when the instrument merely creates an incorporeal hereditament, and in any event when the court has jurisdiction of the persons of the interested parties.</p> <p>2. Oil and Gas Lease — Mining Partnership. Unless an ordinary partnership has been created, a mining partnership between cotenants of an oil and gas lease may exist only while they actually engage in working the property.</p> <p>3. Same — Receiver Properly Appointed. The evidence considered, and held, a receiver was properly appointed for an oil and gas lease, although the interested parties were merely cotenants.</p>