United States v. Comet Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Comet Oil & Gas Company and the Federal Union Surety Company. A demurrer to the petition was sustained in part and overruled in part (187 Fed. 674), and both parties bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
On April 18, 1907, George Wolf, a full-blood Creek Indian, executed and delivered to the Comet Oil & Gas Company an oil and gas mining lease for IS years of his allotment of 160 acres of land in Oklahoma in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. On July 6, 1907, the Comet Oil & Gas Company, -as principal, and the Federal Union Surety Company, as surety, executed and delivered to the United States their bond in the sum of $2,000 conditioned that:
“If the above-bounden Comet Oil & Gas Company shall faithfully carry out and observe all the obligations assumed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Giles v. . ComstockNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- Glasgow v. Chartiers Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Lowther Oil Co. v. GuffeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Dexter v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Gugel v. IsaacsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940