Chevron Oil Co. v. Barlow

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Chevron Oil Company, formerly California Oil Company, holder of an oil and gas lease comprising approximately 2,000 acres on land in Campbell County, Wyoming owned by Fred L. and Helen M. Barlow, instituted this action seeking a determination and declaration that its lease is valid and the subsequent lease to appellee, the Anschutz Corporation, Inc., is invalid, and other relief. From a judgment for the Barlows and their co-defendant, the Anschutz Corporation, Chevron has taken this appeal.

On September 18, 1962 Chevron and the Barlows executed the lease in question on a…