McDougal v. Black Panther Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Frank A. Youmans, Judge. Suit by the United States against Bessie Wildcat and others, in which D. A. McDougal and the Black Panther Oil & Gas Company and others intervene. From the judgment rendered, D. A. McDougal and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
This -is an appeal from a decree against D. A. McDougal and others, upon an intervention in the action of the United States v. Bessie Wildcat et al.
The main case was a suit by the United States to cancel the allotment to Barney Thlocco, a Creek Indian, of a certain parcel of land. The land in question had become very valuable, because of the discovery of large quantities of gas and oil therein. Pending the suit, and to prevent these minerals from being drained from this property by development of nearby property, the court appointed a receiver, leased this land, and…
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