Marion MacH., Foundry Sup. v. Fed. Oil Mkt. Corp.

Suit by Federal Oil Marketing Corporation against Marion Machine, Foundry Supply Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff defendants appeal.

STATEMENT BY THE COURT.

This appeal comes from a judgment in replevin for possession or value of certain casings, taken by appellant from oil wells not in operation, upon leases claimed by them to have been abandoned.

The undisputed testimony shows that the lands had been regularly leased for operation and production of oil, that oil had been produced thereon in four wells, and that the production had dwindled and been reduced so much that the two…