Bryson v. Crown Oil Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Madison Circuit Court; Charles K. Bagot, Judge. Action by Lucy M. Troyer and others against the Crown Oil Company and others, with a cross-complaint by defendant Crown Oil Company to quiet title, and against David Bryson and others for damages. Judgment for defendant Crown Oil Company against plaintiffs and against David A. Bryson and others for damages, and Bryson and others appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
— This proceeding has its origin in an action commenced in the Grant Circuit Court on June 20, 1901, by all of the appellees, except the Crown Oil Company, to quiet title to certain land in Grant county as against an oil lease contract thereon which was held by the Crown Oil Company through assignment from its codefendants. The Crown Oil Company subsequently filed a cross-complaint against the other parties to the action to quiet its title to the rights granted by said lease contract, and to recover damages from the appellants herein for oil taken by them from wells which they had drilled on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Richards v. Citizens Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Alerding v. AllisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
- New American Oil & Mining Co. v. TroyerIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co. v. SwinneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Kahle v. Crown Oil Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1913
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- United Telephone Co. v. BarvaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1925
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