VALLÉE, J.
Appeal by defendant from an adverse judgment in an action for money allegedly paid for securities sold in violation of the Corporate Securities Act.
Defendant had a contract with the owner of realty in Kern County giving it the right to develop underlying oil deposits, under which the landowner's royalty was one-eighth of all oil recovered. On February 2, 1953, defendant entered into a written contract with plaintiff which reads:
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