Kennedy v. Seaboard Oil Co. of Delaware

HARRIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, heirs of the late Frank Kennedy, ask for an accounting from March 31, 1931, to date, from defendant, Seaboard Oil Company of Delaware. They base their alleged cause of action upon an interest in certain oil lands in the Kettleman Hills region of California, which lands defendant and its predecessors have developed over the years subsequent to the date of March 1931.

The present suit was commenced by Frank Kennedy September 25, 1941. It was removed to this Court February 4, 1943. Plaintiff Kennedy delayed action thereafter as shown by affidavits, 1 because of…