Nye v. Lovelace

THOMAS, District Judge.

This action arises out of a disagreement as to the purchase and ownership of certain mineral interests in Escambia County, in what is known as the Pollard Oil Field. The controversy involves three questions:

1. Were certain mineral interests, upon which the defendant made a profit, purchased for the plaintiff’s account, or purchased by the defendant and sold to the plaintiff?

2. Did the defendant have the right to purchase for his own account the mineral interest in what is referred to as the Johnson tract?

3. Did the defendant have the right to purchase for his own…