Swiss Oil Corp. v. Eastern Gulf Oil Co.

HICKS, District Judge.

This was an action in equity, brought by the appellant here in the Fayette circuit court of Kentucky, seeking specific performance by the vendee of an alleged sale of an oil lease. The case was removed to the United States District Court for the *29Eastern District of Kentucky. A motion to dismiss the petition was sustained, whereupon an appeal was had to this court.

Among other defenses, the point was made in the motion to dismiss that file description of the leasehold in'the alleged sale agreement filed as Exhibí): A to the petition did not satisfy section 470 of the…