Mojave Uranium Co. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.

HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a summary judgment of no cause of action in a case where Mojave claimed Mesa assumed an obligation of Standard Gilsonite to pay a claim held against the latter by Mojave that existed over three years earlier, and which Mesa allegedly took over by acquiring the assets and liabilities of Standard in September, 1965. The trial court said that although there may have been such an obligation, it was discharged in bankruptcy. We affirm with costs to Mesa.

Back before 1962, Standard Gilsonite, under the pilotage of one Pinder, became indebted to Mojave, and, with personal…