American Refining Co. v. Sims Oil Co.

The Sims Oil Company instituted this suit against the American Refining Company to recover $12,811.52, alleged to be due it on a certain contract made and entered into by and between the parties, by the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to sell, and the defendant agreed to buy, all the oil produced by plaintiff from certain lands leased by it for a period of eight months next ensuing after May 1, 1923, which was the date of the contract.

The contract sued on contained this stipulation:

"The oil received under this division order shall be paid for by the purchaser (American Refining Company)…