GUFFEY v. SMITH

No. 86.

237 U.S. 101 (1915)

GUFFEY v. JAMES A. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jos. W. Bailey and Mr. J.H. Beal, with whom Mr. Robert J. Dodds was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. J.A. Hindman for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Illinois by the holders of an oil and gas lease covering a small tract of land in Crawford County, Illinois, to enjoin operations under a later and similar lease and to obtain a discovery and an accounting in respect...

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