UNITED STATES v. BARNSDALL OIL CO.

No. 2429.

127 F.2d 1019 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. BARNSDALL OIL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Dugan and Aubrey Lawrence, both of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Whit Y. Mauzy, U. S. Atty., of Tulsa, Okl., Charles R. Denny, of Washington, D. C., Hook & Thomas, of Kansas City, Mo., and Henry R. Duncan, of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

Gentry Lee, of Tulsa, Okl. (Kirk, Lee & Fleetwood, of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, HUXMAN, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

The question for consideration here is whether the appellee, the Barnsdall Oil Company1 was a trespasser and as such accountable to the Osage Tribe of Indians2 for oil extracted from certain of the lands of the Tribe between March 16, 1916, and June 20, 1916. The facts necessary for consideration of the legal questions are substantially as follows...

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