W. O. Schock v. Sam A. Gilpin and Farm Bureau Oil Company, Inc., an Illinois Corporation

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

By his amended complaint filed in the' district court, plaintiff sought cancellation of releases executed by him in favor of defendant Gilpin and a confirmation of plaintiff’s claimed interest in a certain oil lease. Defendants having filed answers, the case was tried by the district court without a jury and it was stipulated that the releases might be set aside and that the sole issue became the nature and extent, if any, of plaintiff’s interest in certain oil production in a tract of" land in White county, Illinois.

The district court made findings of fact and…