Mobil Oil Corp. v. Coastal Petroleum Co.

OLIVER L. GREEN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Mobil Oil Corporation, a New York corporation, together with its predecessor, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, will be referred to as Mobil. Defendants, 1) Coastal Petroleum Company, a Florida corporation, will be referred to as Coastal, and 2) The State of Florida, the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Florida, and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, will be referred to as the State.

This is a suit by Mobil under Chapter 65, Florida Statutes, to quiet its title to the lands…