SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. HARSH

No. 7800.

126 F.2d 572 (1942)

SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. HARSH et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Wilson, of Centralia, Ill., and Wm. M. Acton, of Danville, Ill., for appellants.

W. B. Wagner and J. P. Adoue, both of Houston, Tex., and Charles Wham and John P. Wham, both of Centralia, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a controversy over the right to oil from 6/10 of an acre of land in White County, Illinois. The determinative question is one of title since both parties base their claims upon leases executed by different lessors as the owners of this particular piece of property.

Jurisdiction of the cause rests upon diversity of citizenship. The Superior Oil Company, a California corporation...

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