Mason v. MacFadden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Suit in equity by C. K. MacFadden against D. B. Mason and others. Decree for complainant, and defendant Mason appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KENYON, Circuit Judge.
The parties will be designated as in the trial court, appellee here being plaintiff there, and D. B. Mason, appellant, being the only defendant against whom the case was not dismissed.
Plaintiff, C. K. MacFadden, brought action in the District Court of the United States, claiming that in 1904 defendant secured for the benefit of himself, George Church, and Louis B. Elyea first an option for a sublease, and later the sublease, for oil and gas purposes on certain land in tire Osage Nation, Okl., now Osage county, Okl., paying therefor the sum of $1,860. The said lease at…
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