PRATT v. SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

No. 1678.

100 F.2d 833 (1938)

PRATT v. SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin M. Cowan and Mark H. Adams, both of Wichita, Kan. (W. E. Holmes, Howard L. Baker, Charles E. Jones, Edward F. Arn, C. A. McCorkle, W. A. Kahrs, and Robert H. Nelson, all of Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

C. P. Berry, of St. Louis, Mo., and Joseph G. Carey, of Wichita, Kan. (Guy A. Thompson, Samuel A. Mitchell, Frank A. Thompson, Truman Post Young, and Calvin A. Brown, all of St. Louis, Mo., and George C. Spradling, of Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, BRATTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted by Shell Petroleum Corporation against E. S. Pratt, and for convenience reference will be made to the parties as they were denominated in the court below. The purposes of the action were to impress a trust upon certain mineral properties, and for an accounting.

Plaintiff is a corporation engaged on a large scale in the business of producing crude petroleum, refining it into manufactured products, and selling...

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