Universal Oil Products Co. v. Shell Development Co.

Isidor Wasservogel,

Official Referee. The issue to be determined in this action is whether World War II has ended insofar as the agreement between the parties here involved is concerned.

Plaintiff, a Delaware corporation, seeks a declaratory judgment as to the meaning of the phrase “ six months after the-termination of the present war ” contained in an agreement to which it and all of the defendants in this action are signatories. The action was discontinued by stipulation as to two of the contracting parties, namely Texaco Development Corporation and International Catalytic Oil Processes…