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CARTER OIL CO. v. WATSON

No. 7418.

116 F.2d 195 (1940)

CARTER OIL CO. v. WATSON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 12, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leal W. Reese, of Taylorville, Ill., for appellants.

Walter Davison and Craig Van Meter, both of Mattoon, Ill., for appellee.

Before SPARKS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, The Carter Oil Company, filed a complaint for an injunction to restrain the defendants from continuing to drill for oil and gas on a tract of land located in Fayette County, Illinois. The defendants answered the complaint claiming ownership of the land in themselves. After hearing the evidence the District Court entered a decree finding plaintiff was the owner of all the oil and gas and other minerals in and under the land involved...

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