Hatten v. Vose

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Roy Hatten, ancillary receiver of U. S. Cities Corporation, from the judgment of the lower court setting aside a prior order authorizing him to prosecute a conversion suit against appellee, R. A. Vose, and permanently enjoining him from prosecuting the same.

U. S. Cities Corporation is a Delaware corporation. Byron F. Everitt was one of the principal stockholders of the corporation and was its president. The corporation was engaged in the oil business in Oklahoma. It purchased a one-half interest in a valuable oil and gas lease in Oklahoma for…