STOCKLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 74.

260 U.S. 532 (1923)

STOCKLEY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.L. Herold, with whom Mr. R.L. Batts and Mr. D. Edward Greer were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity brought by the United States, as plaintiff, against the appellants, as defendants, by which a decree was sought adjudging the plaintiff to be the owner of a tract of land in the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, enjoining all interference therewith, and requiring the defendants to account for the value of oil and gas extracted by them therefrom...

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