Wilhite v. Skelton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBÓRÑ, Circuit Judge.
Ola Wilhite brought a suit in equity in the year 1903 against L: A. Skelton and-Richard Moore, in one of the trial courts of the Indian Territory, to recover one-fifth of,- the profits which the defendants had derived from a certain lease, which was to expire in April, 1906, of 1,100 acres of land, for the purpose of mining oil and gas, and ‘-to recover one-fifth of the leasehold estate. The trial court sustained the defendants’ .general demurrer to the complainant’s amended bill, dismissed, the suit, and rendered a judgment in favor-of-the defendants for costs.…
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