Big Sespe Oil Co. v. Cochran
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge. Suit in equity by William H. Cochran and William H. Cochran, as trustee, against the Big Sespe Oil Company. Decree for complainant. and defendant appeals. This is an appeal from a final decree against the Big Sespe Oil Company, involving right to the possession of certain oil lands in California.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge. Suit in equity by William H. Cochran and William H. Cochran, as trustee, against the Big Sespe Oil Company. Decree for complainant. and defendant appeals. This is an appeal from a final decree against the Big Sespe Oil Company, involving right to the possession of certain oil lands in California. Cochran, plaintiff below and appellee here, sued the Big Sespe Oil Company, and Mc-hlartin, sheriff, alleging that plaintiff is a citizen of New York; that…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after slating the facts as above). [1] Appellant questions the jurisdiction of the lower court in general and specially upon the ground that—
“The evidence was insufficient to show that the cause of action was one between citizens of different states of the United States.”
The first allegation of the complaint is:
“Jurisdiction of this case arises and is given to this honorable court by reason of the diversity of the citizenship of the parties hereto. Complainant is now and always has been a citizen of the state of New York. Complainant’s hereinafter particularly mentioned and described…
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