WILBUR v. TEXAS CO.

No. 4939.

40 F.2d 787 (1930)

WILBUR, Secretary of the Interior, v. TEXAS CO.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided April 7, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Rover, John W. Fihelly, E. C. Finney, and O. H. Graves, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frank Davis, Jr., and Wm. J. Neale, both of Washington, D. C., and Edward M. Freeman, of Denver, Colo., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

A bill of complaint was filed by the Texas Company as plaintiff below against the Secretary of the Interior praying for an injunction to restrain the Secretary from enforcing a certain order issued by him with relation to oil produced upon the public domain of the United States. The Secretary filed a motion to dismiss the bill as upon a demurrer. The lower court overruled the motion. The Secretary elected to stand upon his exceptions, and the...

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