Tendolle v. Eureka Oil Syndicate

Kimball, Justice.

Henry Tendolle and J. B. Henderson, plaintiffs, by their action against Eureka Oil Syndicate and W. O. Taylor, defendants, sought to cancel a deed and quiet title to an interest in the oil and gas in lands controlled by the Federal Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437). The judgment in the trial court was for the defendants, and plaintiffs bring the case here on error.

June 15, 1921, plaintiff Tendolle, then being an agricultural entryman entitled to a preference right to a permit and lease under Section 20 of the leasing act (41 Stat. 445), filed in the United…