Riddle v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““As to the 2nd and 3rd causes of action, which are being tried at this time, upon petition of the plaintiff, as between plaintiff and the intervener, F. E. Riddle, to which the foregoing statement, as outlined above, applies, it is the judgment of the court that the plaintiff have judgment for the sum of $1,651.13, the amount which it appears he has actually spent from his own funds to operate the 2/22nds interest in said land, that is, that that amount is the proportionate part of the Harrises, and their assigns, due the plaintiff on account of the operation of said lease, and that the lien filed and established in this case be impressed against the leasehold estate and will be foreclosed as provided by law, and that all of the funds in the hands of The Texas Company, being the proceeds of oil purchased from said lease, that the plaintiff have an equitable lien against that fund insofar as it pertains to $1,651.13 and that The Texas. Company be ordered to pay the same into court, to be presented to the plaintiff herein. “This equitable lien is established for the reason that the operator of the lease is required, in order to operate, to spend this money from his own pocket, the owner of that interest paid for awhile, and then quit, and thereafter he appears to want a ‘free ride’ and take advantage of the situation, and to take this money and put it back where it belongs, to the operator of the lease who has so generously paid out his money in their behalf. I do not believe t”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riddle v. Brann · Riddle v. Brann