Eppenauer v. Ohio Oil Co.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

After judgment in its favor, for the land in controversy here, had been affirmed in this court,1 appellee, plaintiff below, brought this suit against appellants, who, while the former suit was pending, had purchased, taken possession of, and conducted drilling developments on, the land in controversy. Appellants denied plaintiff’s title and asserted title in themselves, and, in the alternative, claiming to be trespassers in good faith sought to recover, from the proceeds of oil they had produced from said property, the drilling and development costs they had incurred…