United States v. General Petroleum Corporation

BEAUMONT, District Judge.

This action was brought by the United States to obtain a judicial determination of the extent of authority of the Secretary of the Interior to place minimum limitations upon valuations for royalty purposes of the interests of the United States in oil and gas produced from public lands in the Kettleman Hills field of California held by defendants under oil and gas leases issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 14 of the Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, known as the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C.A. § 181 et seq.; to recover from defendants certain…