PRESTON v. KAW PIPE LINE CO.

No. 2142.

113 F.2d 311 (1940)

PRESTON v. KAW PIPE LINE CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. B. Martin, of Blackwell, Okl., and W. N. Stokes, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (Albert L. Orr, of Medicine Lodge, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

A. W. Hershberger and George Stallwitz, both of Wichita, Kan. (Ralph J. May, of Oklahoma City, Okl., A. F. Molony, John R. Ramsey, and B. W. Griffith, all of Tulsa, Okl., Oscar Ostrum, J. E. Driscoll, Harold McCombs, and J. C. Ruppenthal, all of Russell, Kan., H. C. Osborne, of Wichita, Kan., O. R. Stites, of Bartlesville, Okl., Roland Boynton, of Topeka, Kan., J. P. Greve, of Tulsa, Okl., and William F. Pielsticker, of Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, BRATTON, and HUXMAN, Circuit Judges.


HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ben Preston filed this action in the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas, December 30, 1938, against two hundred eight defendants, seeking to be declared the equitable owner of certain oil and gas leases covering approximately four townships of land in Russell County, Kansas. The defendants include the owners of the real estate covered by the leases, certain owners of subsequent leases, and oil companies owning and...

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