United States v. Brookshire Oil Co.
District Court, S.D. California
In Equity. Suits by the United States against the Brookshire Oil Company, E. D. Burge, and others, and against the Brookshire Oil Company, the Standard Oil Company, and others, and against the Brookshire Oil Company, the Midway Pacific Oil Company, and others.
1Opinion of the CourtBean, District Judge
(sitting by special assignment). These three suits involve the northeast, northwest, and southeast quarters of section 24, township 31 south, range 22 east, M. D. M., in the state of California. The land in question is oil-bearing, and is included within the area described in presidential withdrawal order of September 27, 1909.
On November IS, 1908, Mr. E. D. Burge posted on each quarter section a notice prepared by himself, purporting to be on behalf of eight named locaters, evidencing an intention to claim the same under the placer mining laws, and caused such notices to be recorded. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Frost v. SpitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Whitney v. HaySupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- United States v. Midway Northern Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1916
- Gird v. California Oil Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1894
- Cook v. KlonosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. California Midway Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1919
- Rundle v. Republic Cement CorporationArizona Supreme Court · 1959
- United States v. Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1918
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