COSMOS CO. v. GRAY EAGLE CO.

No. 217.

190 U.S. 301 (1903)

COSMOS EXPLORATION COMPANY v. GRAY EAGLE OIL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.C. Van Ness and Mr. Jefferson Chandler for appellant. Mr. John M. Thurston, Mr. Shirley C. Ward, Mr. M.A. Ballinger, Mr. Horace F. Clark and Mr. William C. Prentiss were on the brief.

Mr. John S. Chapman for appellees. Mr. Frank H. Short was on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

An examination of the complainant's bill shows that it does not ask for an injunction until the decision of the Land Department upon the matters pending therein. The complainant ignores those proceedings so far as to claim now the final adjudication by the court, based upon its alleged equitable title to a three quarters interest in the land selected, and it avers...

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