United States v. Dominion Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; R. S. Bean, Judge. Suit by the United States against the Dominion Oil Company and others. Decree for defendants, and the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a controversy concerning a quarter section of oil-bearing land included within the presidential withdrawal order of September 27, 1909. The appellant asserts that the location under which the appellees claim was made for the benefit of the British-American Oil Company, to enable it to acquire title to a larger area of mining land than the law permits, and that it is therefore fraudulent and void, and that, if it was not made for the benefit of that corporation, it was made for persons other than those whose names were used in the pretended location…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Book v. Justice Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1893
- McCulloch v. MurphyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1903
- Whiting v. StraupWyoming Supreme Court · 1908
- Dunlap v. PattisonIdaho Supreme Court · 1895
- United States v. McCutchenDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1914