Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Marathon Oil Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the Blarathon Oil Company and against Le Flore county in an action to recover on a claim for oil and gasoline alleged to have been sold by the oil company to the county.

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and J. M. Kurn and John C. Longs-dale, receivers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, as taxpayers, asked and obtained leave to intervene and defend the action on behalf of the county, themselves as taxpayers, and all other taxpayers of the county similarly situated.

The plaintiff in its petition, as amended, alleged that between…