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HUMPHRYS v. SKELLY OIL CO.

No. 7944.

83 F.2d 989 (1936)

HUMPHRYS v. SKELLY OIL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wales H. Madden, of Amarillo, Tex., for appellant.

Jas. B. Dooley and D. H. Culton, both of Amarillo, Tex., and Alvin F. Molony, of Tulsa, Okl., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was at law for premises appellant, plaintiff below, had as lessor leased to appellee Skelly Oil Company, one of the defendants below. The claim of title pleaded specially was that drilling operations Skelly relied on to hold the lease had been commenced after the right to drill had been extinguished by expiration of the lease. All pertinent facts having been pleaded by plaintiff, the defense that the commencement of drilling operations...

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