Dillon v. Holcomb

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, who was plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment partially in his favor, because the basis of an accounting under an oil lease awarded against the appellees was for an amount less than claimed by him. Involved here are mineral rights in approximately ten acres of land. The appellees, as to four acres thereof, are the holders of such rights under a lease from appellant, and, as to approximately six acres, are the holders under a lease from other parties. The latter lease provided for only the usual % royalty, but the appellant’s lease provided, in addition…