Colquitt v. Roxana Petroleum Corp.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee filed a bill in equity to remove a cloud on its title to certain oil and gas leases, to quiet its title thereto, and to enjoin future interference therewith. From a decree granting the relief prayed for this appeal is prosecuted. The contentions of the parties and the facts are extensively reviewed in the opinion of the District Court. Roxana Petroleum Corporation v. Colquitt, 34 F.(2d) 479. We refer to that opinion with approval and very little in addition need be said.

Briefly stated, it appears that Mrs. M. A. Smith, widow of John Monroe, was the owner of a…