Legal Opinion
Washburn v. Gillespie
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1919No. 5238PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Suit by E. N. Gillespie against Jesse C. Washburn and others. Erom a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
Appeal by defendants from decree in favor of lessee (Gillespie), enjoining lessors from preventing or interfering with drilling for oil and gas on land owned by lessors and covered by an oil and gas lease to Gillespie, dated September 24, 1915, set out in the margin.1 At the time this lease was executed the parties executed a supplemental contract as follows:
“Know all men by these presents: That, whereas, on the 24th day of September, 1915, Jesse C. Washburn and Anna M. Washburn, his wife, of *43Billings, Okl., signed, sealed 'and delivered to E. O. Funk, of Tulsa, Okl.. an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Guffey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Rich v. DonegheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Northwestern Oil & Gas Co. v. BranineSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
3Cited by9 opinions
- Vanzandt v. HeilmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
- Moiger v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Wright v. GillespieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- College of the Virgin Islands v. Vitex Corp.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1966
- College of the Virgin Islands v. Vitex Manufacturing Co.Municipal Court of The Virgin Islands · 1965
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