BELL OIL & GAS CO. v. WILBUR

No. 5047.

50 F.2d 1070 (1931)

BELL OIL & GAS CO. v. WILBUR, Secretary of Interior.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided June 1, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. W. Clements, L. H. Cake, W. G. Feely, and John Henry Sullivan, all of Washington, D. C., and M. H. Silverman, of Tulsa, Okl., for appellant.

O. H. Graves, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing the plaintiff's amended bill of complaint, in which an injunction was sought to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from interfering with plaintiff's operation of certain oil leases, or instituting proceedings for the cancellation thereof.

The appellant, plaintiff below, is engaged in the business of producing and refining crude oil. The...

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