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CHISHOLM v. WESTERN RESERVES OIL CO.

No. 79-1438.

655 F.2d 94 (1981)

R. A. CHISHOLM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WESTERN RESERVES OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster D. Arnett, F. Michael Fitzpatrick, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

R. Allen Wilson, Owensboro, Ky., George H. Buxton, III, Oak Ridge, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

This is a diversity case, the result of which is controlled by the law of Tennessee. It involves a claim by the plaintiff, R. A. Chisholm, appellee here, against the defendant, Western Reserves Oil Company, for a two percent overriding royalty interest (O.R.I.) in a certain oil lease. The case was tried by consent of the parties before the Honorable Robert P. Murrian, United States Magistrate as a Special Master. The magistrate recommended...

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