BOURDIEU v. PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CO.


8 F.Supp. 407 (1934)

BOURDIEU v. PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CO. et al.

District Court, S. D. California, N. D.

October 1, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler, Wright & Ward, of Los Angeles, Cal. (Howard W. Wright and A. B. Dorman, both of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for complainant.

Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark, of San Francisco, Cal. (Herbert W. Clark, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for Pacific Western Oil Co.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, of San Francisco, Cal. (Felix T. Smith, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for Kettleman Oil Corporation.

George W. Nilsson, of Los Angeles, Cal., for Kettleman North Dome Ass'n.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, of San Francisco, Cal. (Herman Phleger, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for Frank Kennedy.

Orrick, Palmer & Dahlquist, of San Francisco, Cal. (W. J. Kenney, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for Franklin R. Kenney.


McCORMICK, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity whereby the complainant, Jean Bourdieu, seeks to impress a trust in his favor upon an oil and gas lease issued by the United States on October 4, 1929, to defendants Kettleman Oil Corporation and Pacific Western Oil Company, a corporation, under the Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (section 1 et seq., 41 Stat. 437).

The lease grows out of a prospecting permit granted by the government on May 28, 1921, under...

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