Cecil B. De Mille Productions, Inc. v. Woolery

SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding wherein Cecil B. De Mille Productions, Inc., the appellant herein, petitioned the United States District Court, for the Southern District of California, Central Division, for an order directing Mark D. Woolery, receiver for Del Rey Oil & Refining Company, Limited, to show cause why he should not pay to the petitioner the sum of $21,37L09, together with 45 per cent, of all sums due for oil, gas and, other hydrocarbon substances produced and sold to the said receiver under contracts between the Elmer Company, Limited, and the Del Rey Company.

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