ARMSTRONG v. SKELLY OIL CO.

No. 6405.

55 F.2d 1066 (1932)

ARMSTRONG et al. v. SKELLY OIL CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. W. Armstrong, of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellants.

W. P. Z. German and Alvin F. Molony, both of Tulsa, Okl., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to cancel two oil and gas leases on what may be termed respectively the Armstrong and Byrd tracts, each consisting of over 6,000 acres of land in Moore and Hutchinson counties, Tex., on the ground that appellees had breached the implied covenant to reasonably develop the property. The prayer was in the alternative for specific performance and also for damages. There was a decree dismissing the bill.

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