Marnet Oil & Gas Co. v. Staley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; Edward R. Meek, Judge. Action by the Marnet Oil & Gas Company against William H. Sta-ley and others. From a judgment dismissing the bill without prejudice to complainant’s right to file its claim by intervention in bankruptcy proceedings pending against defendant Staley, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The averments of the bill, as it was amended, show the following among other facts; In or about the year 1898, the defendant Staley and one Barnsdall formed a partnership for the mining of oil and gas mining lands, thereafter actively conducting and carrying on such partnership business, acquiring oil and gas lands, leases, and leaseholds, their respective interests in the several properties acquired not always being equal, and mining, developing, and operating the same in the firm name of Staley & Barnsdall; *47Staley all along having exclusive charge of and running and…
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