Odell v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, dismissing appellants’ cause of action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. For the purpose of considering tihe correctness oif the court’s ruling, all facts well pleaded must be taken as true.

Plaintiff’s cause of action was predicated on 18 U.S.C.A. § 1503. 1 The complaint in substance alleged’ that plaintiffs were employees of the- Humble Oil and Refining Company, a corporation; that the amount involved as to- each plaintiff exclusive of…