United States v. Devil's Den Consol. Oil Co.
District Court, S.D. California
In Equity. Suits by the United States against the Devil’s Den Consolidated Oil Company, and against the Rost Hills Mining Company. On motions for preliminary injunctions and receivers.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAN, District Judge.
These suits are brought by the government for decrees that the several tracts of land described in the bills, amounting in the aggregate to about 2% sections, together with their mineral contents, are the property of the United States, free from any claims of the defendants, or any of them, and restraining the de*974fendants from trespassing thereon, or extracting the oil therefrom, and for an accounting. The legal title to the property involved is in the United States, and except one-half section is included in the Presidential withdrawal order of September 27, 1909. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. TowsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Hughes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Marquez v. FrisbieSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Benson Mining & Smelting Co. v. Alta Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. MinorSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Record Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1917