HALL v. WRIGHT

No. 14626.

240 F.2d 787 (1957)

Jesse E. HALL, Weatherford Oil Tool Company, Inc., a corporation; Weatherford Spring Company of Venezuela, C. A., a corporation; Hall Development Company, C. A., a corporation; Weatherford, Ltd., a corporation; Weatherford Internacional, S. A., DE CV., a corporation; Nevada Leasehold Corporation, a corporation; Parker Industrial Products, Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. Kenneth A. WRIGHT and B & W, Inc., a corporation, Appellees. Kenneth A. WRIGHT and B & W, Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. Jesse E. HALL, Weatherford Oil Tool Company, Inc., a corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Scofield, Kansas City, Mo., Philip Subkow, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Lyon & Lyon, Lewis E. Lyon, R. Douglas Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before LEMMON, CHAMBERS, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

On December 10, 1947, Jesse E. Hall, a citizen of the state of Texas, commenced this action against his competitors in the business of manufacturing and selling certain oil well bore cleaning devices. Named as defendants were Kenneth A. Wright, a citizen of the state of California, and B & W, Inc., a California corporation. Hall sought reformation of a certain contract, dated September 15, 1944, wherein the parties had attempted to resolve...

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