United States v. Pan-American Petroleum Co.

McCORMICK, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity, wherein the United States of America seeks to have declared null, void, and. of no effect two contracts, dated April 25, 1922, and December 11, 1922, respectively, and two oil and gas leases to lands in the naval petroleum reserves in California, dated June 5, 1922, and December 11, 1922, respectively. The prayer of the bill is that these agreements and leases be canceled, for an accounting, and for general relief. The relief is sought upon two grounds: First, fraud in the making of the contracts and leases; and,'second, lack of legal…