Bartlesville Zinc Co. v. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co.

RELLSTAB, District Judge.

In the final decree entered in this case on February 24, 1922, it is provided that, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions thereof, jurisdiction of the cause be retained by the court, and that either party thereto, upon notice, might apply at the foot of the decree “for such other and further orders as may be necessary for such purpose.” Such a motion is not the equivalent of an ancillary or supplemental bill, and does not draw to it any matters not adjudicated by the decree.

What is res judicata between the parties is the controlling question on this motion. The…