SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. SHORE

No. 1304.

80 F.2d 785 (1935)

SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. SHORE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 26, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young and John M. Holmes, all of St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Chas. G. Yankey, Harvey C. Osborne, John G. Sears, Jr., and Verne M. Laing, all of Wichita, Kan., and E. J. Taggart and John Bradley, both of Wellington, Kan., for appellees.

Before LEWIS, PHILLIPS, and BRATTON, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted to recover damages for failure to drill offset oil wells on leased premises. Defendant sought no affirmative relief by way of counterclaim or otherwise. The case was tried and judgment rendered for plaintiffs. On appeal this court reversed the judgment, holding that there was no implied obligation to drill such wells. The case was remanded, with direction to proceed in accordance with the views expressed in the opinion...

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