Eastern States Petroleum Co. v. Asiatic Petroleum Corp.

Upon an application like this all doubts must, of course, be taken against the plaintiff; but — quite aside from the contract with Harris & Dixon, Ld. — it is clear that the defendants are threatening its customers in a way that is damaging, and may be ruinous. They are doing this by challenging its title to the oil, which they declare generally they may attach as their own, if others buy it. This they assert a privilege to do, because they say that they honestly believe the oil to be theirs: that is, that the expropriation of it by the Mexican Government will not be recognized by the courts…