United States v. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.

FRANKLIN E. KENNAMER, District Judge.

This is a suit by the United States on behalf of the Osage Tribe of Indians. The bill of complaint may be summarized thus:

Lessees of the tribe produced oil and ran it into lease tanks where it was measured by a pipe line company and transported by that company to defendant, the purchaser of the oil. This was done under division orders, approved by the superintendent of the Osage Indian Agency, which authorized a 3 per cent, deduction for dirt and sediment, and provided that pipe line gradqs ánd measurements should control settlements.- Plaintiff asserts…