Legal Opinion
Stockley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1923No. 74PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
delivered the opinion of the .Court.
This is a suit in equity brought by the United States, as plaintiff, against,the appellants, as defendants, by which a decree was sought adjudging the plaintiff to be the owner of a tract of land in the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, enjoining all interference therewith, and requiring the defendants- to account for the value of oil- and gas extracted by them therefrom. ,-
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, upon the report of a master, fóund for the plaintiff, and entered a. decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill…
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