DEVLIN v. CENTRAL WYOMING OIL & DEVELOPMENT CO.

Nos. 6875-6877.

20 F.2d 530 (1927)

DEVLIN et al. v. CENTRAL WYOMING OIL & DEVELOPMENT CO. SAME v. MIDWEST OIL CO. SAME v. WYOMING ASSOCIATED OIL CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

June 14, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Walsh, of Helena, Mont. (Michael W. Purcell, of Los Angeles, Cal., John H. Casey, of Casper, Wyo., Raymond T. Nagle, of Helena, Mont., and A. R. Honnold, of Esconido, Cal., on the brief), for appellants.

Harold D. Roberts, of Denver, Colo. (Tyson S. Dines and Peter H. Holme, both of Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellees.

Before STONE and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


STONE, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from decrees entered in each of three separate actions upon sustaining motions to dismiss a bill in equity seeking to establish a right to a fractional interest in the proceeds of an oil and gas lease on described land in Wyoming. The lease was made by the Department under section 18 of the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437 [Comp. St. § 4640¼i]).

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