MAMMOTH OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 140.

275 U.S. 13 (1927)

MAMMOTH OIL COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 10, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John W. Lacey and Martin W. Littleton, with whom Messrs. George P. Hoover, Paul D. Cravath, G.T. Stanford, Herbert V. Lacey, J.W. Zevely, Douglas M. Moffat, and R.W. Ragland were on the brief, for petitioner, Mammoth Oil Co.

Mr. Edward H. Chandler, with whom Mr. Ralph W. Garrett was on the briefs, for petitioners, Sinclair Pipe Line Co., and Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.

Messrs. Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by the United States against the petitioners in the District Court of Wyoming to secure the cancelation of an oil and gas lease made by the United States to the Mammoth Oil Company April 7, 1922, and to set aside a supplemental agreement made by the same parties February 9, 1923. An accounting and possession of the leased lands and general relief...

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