Wiley v. Dixie Oil Co.

COTTERAL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a suit brought by appellants to require appellee to account for $15,000, as a portion of the oil proceeds from 80 acres of land in Butler county, Kan. The cause was submitted and determined upon motions of the parties for judgment upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of the -facts.

In their bill the plaintiffs alleged they were the joint owners of a lease on 80 acres of land, and entered into a written agreement with the defendant, whereby they sold and agreed to execute and deliver to the defendant customary assignment's…