Federal Oil Co. v. Western Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the. Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The appellant on November 18, 1901, filed its bill in the court below, setting forth that on February 22, 1901, it entered into an agreement with the Brad-fords, appellees, as follows: “In consideration of the sum of one dollar, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, R. W. Bradford of Van Burén, Ind., of the first part, hereby grant and guarantee unto the Federal Oil Company (a…
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Appeal from the. Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The appellant on November 18, 1901, filed its bill in the court below, setting forth that on February 22, 1901, it entered into an agreement with the Brad-fords, appellees, as follows: “In consideration of the sum of one dollar, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, R. W. Bradford of Van Burén, Ind., of the first part, hereby grant and guarantee unto the Federal Oil Company (a corporation) of Chicago, state of Illinois, second party, all the oil and gas in and under the following described premises…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The nature of property in natural gas and oil contained in the earth, and the legal effect of the instrument here in question, have been settled authoritatively by the rulings of the Supreme Court of Indiana (State v. Indiana & Ohio Oil, Gas & Min. Co., 120 Ind. 575, 22 N. E. 778, 6 L. R. A. 579; People’s Gas Company v. Tyner, 131 Ind. 277, 31 N. E. 59, 16 L. R. A. 443, 31 Am. St. Rep. 433; Heal v. Niagara Oil Company, 150 Ind. 483, 50 N. E. 482; Manufacturers’ Gas Company v. Indiana Gas Company, 155 Ind. 461, 57 N. E. 912, 50 L. R. A. 768), and by the…
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