BARNWELL DRILLING CO. v. SUN OIL COMPANY

No. 19151.

300 F.2d 298 (1962)

BARNWELL DRILLING CO., Inc., Barnwell, Inc., and R. S. Barnwell Sr., and R. S. Barnwell, Jr., d/b/a Barnwell Production Company, Appellants, v. SUN OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest B. Jackson, Jackson, Miss., R. M. Nichols, Milton H. Anders, Shreveport, La., for appellants.

Edwin M. Cage, Dallas, Tex., Cecil F. Heidelberg, Jr., Kenneth I. Franks, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's order denying the appellants a temporary injunction pending a final hearing on the merits. The controversy arose because of the undisputed intention of the defendant, Sun Oil Company, to take advantage of an order entered by the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board under Chapter 256, Laws of Mississippi 1948, as amended, which permitted Sun Oil Company to proceed with a secondary recovery method for the...

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