Legal Opinion
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Lone Star Gas Co.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided May 28, 1923PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWEEE, District Judge.
The specific performance of a written agreement executed on the 28th day of May, 1920, by the plaintiff and defendant, by the vice president and president respectively, of the two corporations, is sought. The agreement was made in New York City, and followed previous offerings and refusals.
The plaintiff and the Allied Oil Corporation and the Texas & Pacific Coal & Oil Company had theretofore arranged a merger of their gas interests in what was known as the Mineral Wells field, in Palo Pinto county, Tex., having in view the building of a pipe line from that field into or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Seattle Electric Co. v. Snoqualmie Falls Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Alexander v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Swint v. CarrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
3Cited by2 opinions
- McLean v. HillmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Lone Star Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924