A. J. Simler v. Leslie L. Conner and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Corporation

HILL, Circuit Judge.

This declaratory judgment action was brought below by appellant, Simler, against appellee, Conner, asking the court to fix and determine attorney fees, due Conner from Simler, under a contract between the parties. The trial court, after a jury had been waived, made such determination and Simler has appealed. The litigants are not strangers to this court, as this case is only a part of the final chapter in a long story of litigation in the State Courts of Oklahoma and the Federal Courts. To put the present controversy in proper perspective, a brief history of the litigation…