Legal Opinion
Carter Oil Co. v. Myers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1939No. 6835PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decree of the District Court permanently enjoining appellants from drilling or endeavoring to drill for oil upon certain described premises, title to which the court found to have been in appellee’s lessors subject to an easement for a public highway at the time of the execution of an oil and gas lease to appellee.
The question presented by the appeal is the construction of a certain instrument executed December 29, 1932, which appellants contend conveyed the fee simple in the strip involved, and which appellee construes as merely a dedication of an…
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