Stewart Oil Company v. Sohio Petroleum Company

JUERGENS, District Judge.

This action was commenced by the plaintiffs to recover the proceeds from the sale of oil produced from the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 6 North, Range 4 West of the Third Principal Meridian, Bond County, Illinois, and sold to Sohio Petroleum Company, defendant. After the action was instituted, the defendant paid the funds received from the sale of the oil into the Registry of this Court, alleging that there were adverse claims to the proceeds and that the defendantcounterclaimant was in doubt as to the person or persons entitled…