Dayvault v. Baruch Oil Corp.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

By this action in the District Court of Wyoming, the appellant sought to impress a constructive or resulting trust upon an undivided % interest in oil and gas leases in Wyoming, in which each of the defendants owns or claims some interest. With respect to one lease, the appellant sought alternative relief in the form of shares of corporate stock of the corporation holding an interest. in the lease. The trial court granted a summary judgment based on the pleadings, with the attached contracts and the deposition of the plaintiff, holding that the claim was for an interest…