ROBBEN v. OBERING

No. 12917.

279 F.2d 381 (1960)

Robert H. ROBBEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E. A. OBERING and Helen Bailey Obering, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl W. Lee, East St. Louis, Ill., D. E. Furnall, Mt. Vernon, Ill., John C. Roberts, East St. Louis, Ill., Howard W. Campbell, Mt. Vernon, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

J. E. Patten, Breese, Ill., Richard W. Sterling, Belleville, Ill., James H. Donnewald, Breese, Ill., C. C. Dreman, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUFFY, KNOCH and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a declaratory judgment action removed to the District Court on grounds of diversity. The controversy concerns who holds a valid oil and gas lease covering an undivided ¼ interest in a certain 21 acre tract of land in Clinton County, Illinois. Both plaintiff-appellee and defendants-appellants claim to hold a valid lease covering the interest. The District Court found the issue in favor of and entered judgment for Robert...

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