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HUGHES v. SAMEDAN OIL CORPORATION

No. 3573.

166 F.2d 871 (1948)

HUGHES et al. v. SAMEDAN OIL CORPORATION et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 10, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford E. Hughes, of Los Angeles, Cal. (Fletcher A. Catron, of Santa Fe, N. M., on the brief) for appellants.

J. O. Seth and Oliver Seth, both of Santa Fe, N. M., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, BRATTON and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This suit involves the interpretation of the royalty provisions of an "Operating Agreement" on an oil and gas prospecting permit covering government owned lands in Lea County, New Mexico. The permit was issued to appellant, Sarah B. Hughes, in 1926 under authority of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920. 41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C.A. § 181 et seq. The Operating Agreement entered into in 1927 between Hughes, as permittee, and one Clark...

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