IN RE PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA

No. 19415.

417 F.2d 929 (1969)

In the Matter of PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Bankrupt. HAWAIIAN INVESTORS, Appellant, v. H. L. THORNDAL, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Petroleum Corporation of America, Bankrupt, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Van Sickle, of McGee, Van Sickle, Hankla, Backes & Wheeler, Minot, N.D., for appellant.

Frank F. Jestrab, of Bjella & Jestrab, Williston, N.D., for appellee; Harry M. Pippin, Williston, N.D., with him on the brief.

Before VOGEL, MATTHES and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal, we consider the propriety of a judgment on counterclaims aggregating more than $165,000.00 entered by the referee in bankruptcy and confirmed by the district court against appellants, called Hawaiian Investors. We have jurisdiction. Bankruptcy Act, § 24, 11 U.S.C. § 47.

Prior to 1959, some 267 residents of Hawaii, looking for profit in North Dakota oil, separately entered into contracts with Petroleum Corporation...

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