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ANDERSON v. BELL

No. 2562

70 Wyo. 471 (1952)

251 P.2d 572

T. JOE ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, vs. K.W. BELL, ANTHONY J. SARGEANT, J.R. HOLCOMB, JACOB KREIGER, and JAMES P. HORISKEY, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

December 16, 1952

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants and appellants the cause was submitted upon the brief of James P. Horiskey and Donald M. Starnes, both of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Horiskey.

For the plaintiffs and respondents the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Paul B. Lorenz of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

OPINION

BLUME, Chief Justice.

This is an action brought by some fifty-five plaintiffs against five defendants to recover about $19,000 paid by the plaintiffs to the defendants and lost in a venture to discover oil. The defendants had some leasehold interests in Crook County, Wyoming, on which they wanted to drill an oil well. They did not have the money, or not sufficient money, for the drilling of the well and so they solicited the plaintiffs to raise sufficient...

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