Mode v. Whitley

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for breach of contract. He seeks .judgment in the first count against George F. Whitley and Glddys I. Whitley for damages for their breach, and in the second, against the same defendants and the Carter Oil Company, on the ground that the latter improperly induced the breach.

From the complaint it appears that the Whitleys entered into a contract with plaintiff, partly oral and partly in writing, for the execution of an oil lease upon 169 acres of ground. The only writing relied upon is a receipt by George F. Whitley,…