OKLAHOMA v. TEXAS

No. 15, Original.

265 U.S. 505 (1924)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS. UNITED STATES, INTERVENER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued on suggestions, etc., May 26, 1924.

Decided June 9, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.A. Ledbetter, with whom Mr. H.L. Stuart, Mr. R.R. Bell, Mr. Wm. O. Beall and Mr. Edward H. Chandler were on the briefs, for Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, Oklahoma Petroleum & Gasoline Company, National Oil Company and Arkansas City Pipe Line Company.

Mr. A.H. Carrigan, with whom Mr. J.W. Bailey, Mr. Leslie Humphrey, Mr. A.H. Britain, Mr. W.H. Bonner and Mr. W.C. Witcher were on the briefs, for certain owners of patented land.

Mr. R.H. Ward for Kirby Petroleum Company.

Mr. W.W. Dyar, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Attorney General Stone and Mr. Solicitor General Beck were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. E.P. Hill for the State of Oklahoma.

Mr. E.E. Blake and Mr. R.L. Cole for Grand Oil and Developing Company.

Mr. Leslie Humphrey for C.T. Taylor.

Mr. W.A. Keeling, Attorney General of the State of Texas, for defendant.


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

By the order of May 5 last, ante, 76, certain questions suggested in the twelfth report of the receiver in this case were propounded to the parties in interest. Many responses were received, a hearing on them was had, and the Court is now prepared to announce its ruling.

The first question is, to what extent and in what manner shall the general expenses of the receivership be

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