JULIAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. COURTNEY PETROLEUM CO.

No. 5111.

22 F.2d 360 (1927)

JULIAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. COURTNEY PETROLEUM CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAdoo, Neblett, O'Connor & Clagett, Wm. H. Neblett, T. P. Conroy, J. Hart Willis, Anderson & Anderson, and A. G. Ritter, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff in error.

Harold C. Morton, Byron C. Hanna, J. D. Fredericks, Jr., and Fredericks, Hanna & Norton, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant in error.

Before HUNT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for breach of a drilling contract.

On June 3, 1925, Courtney Petroleum Company assigned to the Julian Petroleum Corporation an oil and gas lease on certain property in the Athens oil field in Los Angeles county, California, on which there was an uncompleted oil well drilled to a depth of 4,158 feet. At the same time a collateral agreement...

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