Superior Oil Co. v. Harsh

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a controversy over the right to oil from 6/10 of an acre of land in White County, Illinois. The determinative question is one of title since both parties base their claims upon leases executed by different lessors as the owners of this particular piece of property.

Jurisdiction of the cause rests upon diversity of citizenship. The Superior Oil Company, a California corporation, brought this suit against the defendants to enjoin them from drilling an oil well upon 6/10 of an acre known as the school house site, located in the southwest corner of a…