Dougherty v. California Kettleman Oil Royalties, Inc.

THE COURT.

Appellant, California Kettleman Oil Royalties, Inc., appeals from a judgment adverse to it rendered by the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. As disclosed by the record, the facts are substantially as follows:

About the middle of November, 1920, the respondent, Dougherty, approached Washington Ochsner, appellant’s predecessor in interest, in San Francisco, to solicit from him employment in connection with the selection of government oil lands, and the filing of an oil and gas prospecting permit upon such lands. For many years Dougherty had devoted himself to the…