McGINLEY CORPORATION v. LIDO OIL CO.

No. 6898.

71 F.2d 81 (1934)

McGINLEY CORPORATION v. LIDO OIL CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. R. Boone, of Wichita Falls, Tex., and O. T. Warlick, of Vernon, Tex., for appellant.

John B. King and Leslie Humphrey, both of Wichita Falls, Tex., and Allen S. Wrenn, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed a bill in equity to establish title in itself to a fourth interest in an oil and gas lease as to 1,329 out of a total of 3,000 acres covered by the lease. The bill was based on a written contract, but in the alternative prayed for reformation of that contract on the ground of mutual mistake. This appeal is taken from a decree of dismissal on final hearing.

The contract upon which the rights of the parties depend was executed...

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