TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, sitting without a jury, permitting recovery of an amount measured by payments denominated "variable participating royalties" on the finding that such payments were in reality a bonus paid as consideration for the making of an oil and gas lease.
The facts essential to a decision of this case can be rather briefly stated, although they must be culled from a long and involved record...
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