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LEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 10293.

136 F.2d 56 (1943)

LEE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 24, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corette & Corette, John E. Corette, Jr., and Kendrick Smith, all of Butte, Mont., for appellants.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vernon L. Wilkinson and S. Billingsley Hill, Attys., Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., and John B. Tansil, U. S. Atty., and R. Lewis Brown, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Butte, Mont., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

In January 1936 the Secretary of the Interior approved an oil and gas lease to appellant Lee of 470 acres of Blackfeet Indian tribal lands near Cut Bank, Montana. Lee was required by the terms of the lease to drill at least four wells on the premises within one year from the date of approval, a bond in the amount of $6,000 being exacted to insure performance of the terms and conditions of the lease. Four additional wells were required to be drilled...

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