HUDSON v. AMERICAN OIL COMPANY

No. 529.

152 F.Supp. 757 (1957)

Elmer Raymond HUDSON et al., Complainants, v. The AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

July 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Ralph James, Hampton, Va., and J. B. Cowles, Jr., Williamsburg, Va., for complainants.

Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell and Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., Richmond, Va., Murray, Ford, West & Wilkinson and Charles E. Ford, Newport News, Va., for defendant.


HOFFMAN, District Judge.

During the year 1952 Pan American Refining Corporation (referred to as Pan-Am) acquired the rights of another oil company under certain options to purchase large tracts of land in York County, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing and operating a primary petroleum refinery. Pan-Am is the parent corporation of the defendant, The American Oil Company (referred to as Amoco), and, having acquired title to the various parcels of land, proceeded...

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