Dominion Oil Co. v. Lamb

Dominion Oil Company, a Colorado corporation, to which we herein refer as plaintiff, brought action against John J. Lamb for specific performance of a written contract between the parties, or in the alternative, in case specific performance could not be had, for damages., In said contract defendant, being the owner of certain Wyoming oil land, agreed, “in consideration of the efforts to be put forth by the party of the second part [plaintiff] to restore the mineral rights of said land” to defendant, that the latter “shall make, execute, and deliver to” plaintiff “an assignment of one-half of…