HANCOCK OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. MEEKER-GARNER OIL CO.

Docket No. 19119.

118 Cal.App.2d 379 (1953)

257 P.2d 988

THE HANCOCK OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MEEKER-GARNER OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Appellants; MADOLYN M. CHRISTOPHER, Intervener and Appellant; D.A. MILLS et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings & Belcher, Krystal & Paradise and Samuel Lackman for Defendants and Appellants.

Ball, Hunt & Hart and Joseph A. Ball for Intervener and Appellant.

Harold A. Black, Philip K. Verleger and McCutchen, Black, Harnagel & Greene for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kenneth Sperry for Interveners and Respondents.


DRAPEAU, J.

On May 17, 1947, a community oil and gas lease, hereinafter called the Chalker lease, was executed in counterparts by J.M. Chalker, as lessee, and by the owners, as lessors, of certain lots embraced within Blocks 1 to 6, inclusive, of Tract 4143, partly located in the city of Signal Hill and partly in the city of Long Beach.

On January 16, 1948, Chalker and wife assigned said lease to The Hancock...

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