Legal Opinion
Carter Oil Co. v. Wood
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided January 18, 1940No. Civ. A. 23-DPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a nonresident corporation, grantee in an oil lease from the First State Bank of Beecher, Illinois, brought suit to restrain defendant Charles L. Wood from interfering with its right as lessee to enter upon certain premises and develop them in oil production. Wood’s wife was permitted to become a codefendant and the two answered, alleging that plaintiff was without title, for the reason, as they said, that the bank was not the owner of the property leased but merely a.mortgagee.
As a counterclaim defendants urged that the bank’s title was held merely to secure…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Freeman v. HoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
- Krippendorf v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Root v. WoolworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Rickey Land & Cattle Co. v. Miller & LuxSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United Artists Corporation v. Masterpiece Productions, Inc., and Robert S. Benjamin, Arthur B. Krim, Seymour M. PeyserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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- Safeco Insurance Co. Of America v. William GuytonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Hartley Pen Co. v. Lindy Pen Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1954
- L. N. Childress and Roger W. Crampton v. E. A. Cook, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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