SHELL OIL CO. v. MANLEY OIL CORPORATION

No. 393.

50 F.Supp. 21 (1942)

SHELL OIL CO., Inc., v. MANLEY OIL CORPORATION et al.

District Court, E. D. Illinois.

June 20, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Quilty, of New York City, and Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, Ill., for plaintiff.

Layman & Johnson, of Benton, Ill., for defendants.


WHAM, District Judge.

This cause was first before the court upon plaintiff's complaint claiming to own the oil and gas rights in the two-acre tract in question with application for injunction to prevent defendants from drilling an oil well which it had started upon said tract and from producing oil therefrom. Trial upon the merits resulted in a decree of this court denying plaintiff's right to an injunction and dismissing its complaint on the theory that the defendant...

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