Legal Opinion
Rispin v. Midnight Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1923No. 3994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
The Midnight Oil Company brought this action against Rispin to recover $10,000 as liquidated damages and interest thereon. The complaint alleged that in settlement of certain litigation Rispin agreed to pay the Midnight Oil Company $10,000 upon the terms and conditions set forth in a writing signed by Rispin May 13, 1919. The writing, recited that, whereas, the Hopewell Oil Company had assigned to the Midnight Oil Company part of the benefits arising from an operating contract dated March 24, 1919, between Hopewell Oil Company, as grantor, and Associated Oil Company, as…
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