Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 1945No. 8689PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a controversy over the right to drill for oil upon a forty-acre tract of land in Franklin County, 111. The complaint affirmatively shows the existence of diversity of citizenship and the requisite jurisdictional amount. By the complaint plaintiffs sought an adjudication that the right to the oil was in the plaintiff Adkins.
The case was tried by the court without a jury. The court made special findings of fact, rendered its conclusions of law thereon, and entered judgment that plaintiffs were entitled to the oil rights. To reverse the judgment,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Freeport Sulphur Co. v. American Sulphur Royalty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1928
- Daughetee v. Ohio Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Poe v. UlreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Walker v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Cowden v. Broderick & Calvert, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Burton L. Spellman and Roslyn Spellman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Christopher P. SipulaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- McAnelly v. GravesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Snyder v. Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 1976
- National Steel Corporation, and Counter-Defendant v. L. G. Wasson Coal Mining Corporation, and Counter-ClaimantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
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