Barry v. Legler

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

In the spring of 1920 there existed four oil corporations, to wit, the Ranger Refining Company, the Gate City Oil Company, the Steiner Oil Company, and the Steiner Oil Corporation, engaged variously in the production, refining, and marketing of oil in Texas and Missouri. In March or April, 1920, it was proposed to merge these four companies into one holding and operating corporation, and to this end appellants Barry and Scott, together with one Schwald, who was associated with them in the Ranger Refining Company, began the organization of the Ranger Refining &…