BOURDIEU v. PACIFIC OIL CO.

No. 2.

299 U.S. 65 (1936)

BOURDIEU v. PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Archer B. Dorman, with whom Messrs. Jefferson P. Chandler and Howard W. Wright were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Herbert W. Clark, with whom Messrs. Felix T. Smith, George W. Nilsson, and Herman Phleger were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by petitioner against respondents to have impressed in his favor a trust in respect of a portion of a lease, executed by the United States, of oil and gas lands in the State of California.

The bill alleges that petitioner, since March, 1919, has been the owner and in possession of certain legal sub-divisions of section 30, Township 21 South, Range 17 East, Mount Diablo Meridian...

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