Legal Opinion
Wickham v. Skelly Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
Decided June 23, 1952No. Civ. 3138PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, District Judge.
This is an action by H. C. Wickham, Kenneth McAfee, John C. Voorhees, and Midwest Oil Corporation against the Skelly Oil Company to quiet title to the mineral interests of the plaintiffs and for an accounting of oil production. The Skelly Oil Company, by counterclaim, seeks to have title to an oil and gas lease allegedly covering the mineral interests of the plaintiffs quieted, and to have the lease declared a valid and subsisting lease.
Jurisdiction of the court is based upon diversity of citizenship and an "'amount in controversy exceeding $3,000, exclusive of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Prowant v. SealySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Moody v. WagnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Woodruff v. BradySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Hicks v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Simons v. McDanielSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Holchak v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- Valentine Oil Co. v. PowersNebraska Supreme Court · 1953
- Chevron Oil Co. v. BarlowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Mustang Production Company v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Midwest Oil Corp. v. WinsauerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
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